YinGan (Ordovician of China)

Also known as QuLiTag Fm., YinGan, KePin Co., XinJiang Prov., China

Where: XinJiang, China (41.0° N, 79.0° E: paleocoordinates 27.4° S, 121.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Yinshan Formation (Qiulitag Group), Arenig (478.6 - 466.0 Ma)

• PJW: Arenig-aged formation in Qiulitag (QuLiTag) Group is Yinshan formation.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; concretionary, gray, argillaceous, cherty/siliceous limestone

• Light gray, nodular, muddy limestone with chert

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Y. S. Zhang. 1981. Stratigraphic table of northwestern region of China: XinJiang Province part. Geological Publishing House, Beijing, China (Original source resides with A. Miller) [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 20806: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 07.06.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Subaxiceras sp., Tianshanoceras sp.
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Pliomeridae
"Hammatocnemis sp." = Ovalocephalus
"Hammatocnemis sp." = Ovalocephalus Koroleva 1959 trilobite
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Reedocalymene sp.
Reedocalymene sp. Kobayashi 1951 trilobite
 Asaphida - Nileidae
Nileus sp.
Nileus sp. Dalman 1827 trilobite
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
"Eosoptychopyge sp." = Zhenganites, Ptychopyge sp.
"Eosoptychopyge sp." = Zhenganites Yin 1978 trilobite
Ptychopyge sp. Angelin 1854 trilobite
 Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Lonchodomas sp.
Lonchodomas sp. Angelin 1854 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Illaenus sp.
Illaenus sp. Dalman 1827 trilobite
Cephalopoda
 Barrandeocerida - Plectoceratidae
Plectoceras sp.
Plectoceras sp. Hyatt 1884
 Endocerida - Endoceratidae
Dideroceras sp., Chisiloceras sp., Vaginoceras sp., Cameroceras sp., Endoceras sp.
Dideroceras sp. Flower 1950
Chisiloceras sp. Gortani 1934
Vaginoceras sp. Hyatt 1884
Cameroceras sp. Conrad 1842
Endoceras sp. Hall 1847
 Ellesmerocerida - Ellesmeroceratidae
Muriceras sp., Ellesmeroceras sp.
Muriceras sp. Flower 1964
Ellesmeroceras sp. Foerste 1921
 Tarphycerida - Estonioceratidae
Aphetoceras sp.
Aphetoceras sp. Hyatt 1894
 Oncocerida - Oncoceratidae
Richardsonoceras sp.
Richardsonoceras sp. Foerste 1932
 Orthocerida - Stereoplasmoceratidae
Stereoplasmoceras sp.
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Michelinoceras sp.
Michelinoceras sp. Foerste 1932
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Macluritidae
Maclurites sp.
Maclurites sp. Le Sueur 1818 snail
 Euomphalina - Ophiletidae
Ecculiomphalus sp.
Ecculiomphalus sp. Portlock 1843 snail
 Sphaeronitida - Sphaeronitidae
Sphaeronites sp.
Sphaeronites sp. Hisinger 1828