QiErQiKe Fm., WuLigMeiTag, WeiLi Co., XinJiang Prov., China (Ordovician to of China)

Where: XinJiang, China (41.0° N, 86.0° E: paleocoordinates 29.6° S, 121.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: QiErQiKe Formation, Llandeilo to Llandeilo (461.1 - 449.5 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; black, gray, silty, cherty/siliceous shale and concretionary, cherty/siliceous limestone

• Gray to black, siliceous shale and siltstone with nodular, siliceous limestone

Size class: mesofossils

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 20808: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 07.06.2002

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Taxonomic list

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Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Dichograptidae
Didymograptus sp.
Didymograptus sp. McCoy 1851 graptolite
 Graptoloidea - Retiolitidae
Glyptograptus sp.
 Graptoloidea - Diplograptidae
Amplexograptus sp.
 Graptoloidea - Climacograptidae
Climacograptus sp., Pseudoclimacograptus sp.
Climacograptus sp. Hall 1865 climacograptid
Pseudoclimacograptus sp. climacograptid
 Graptoloidea - Dicranograptidae
Dicranograptus sp., Dicellograptus sp.
Dicranograptus sp. Hall 1865 graptolite
Dicellograptus sp. Hopkinson 1871 graptolite
 Graptoloidea - Glossograptidae
Cryptograptus sp.