YeLi Fm., MuXianTouGou-HunJiang, JiLin Prov., China ( of China)

Where: JiLin, China (42.0° N, 126.0° E: paleocoordinates 0.1° S, 134.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: YeLi Formation, Tremadoc (486.5 - 477.7 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, gray, argillaceous limestone and lithified shale

• Gray limestone and "bamboo-like" limestone, gray muddy limestone, and some purple shale

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: C.h.i.n.a. Stratigraphic Group JiLin and HeiLongJiang. 1978. Regional stratigraphic table of Northeastern China, JiLin and HeiLongJiang Provinces. Geological Publishing House, Beijing, China [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Novack-Gottshall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 21145: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 18.06.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Pterobranchia
 Dendroidea - Acanthograptidae
Dictyonema sp., Callograptus sp.
Dictyonema sp. Hall 1851 graptolite
Callograptus sp. graptolite
 Dendroidea - Dendrograptidae
Dendrograptus sp., Airograptus sp.
Dendrograptus sp. Hall 1858 graptolite
Airograptus sp. Ruedemann 1916 graptolite
 Graptoloidea - Anisograptidae
Anisograptus sp.
Anisograptus sp. Ruedemann 1937 graptolite
Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Metagnostidae
Geragnostus sp.
Geragnostus sp. Howell 1935
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Leiostegiidae
Leiostegium sp.
Leiostegium sp. Raymond 1913 trilobite
 Proetida - Hystricuridae
Hystricurus sp.
Hystricurus sp. Raymond 1913 trilobite
 Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Yosimuraspis sp.
Yosimuraspis sp. Kobayashi 1960 trilobite
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Asaphellus sp.
Asaphellus sp. Callaway 1877 trilobite
 Asaphida - Ceratopygidae
Onychopyge sp.
Onychopyge sp. Harrington 1938 trilobite