Where: Hunan, China (28.8° N, 109.8° E: paleocoordinates 16.6° N, 138.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Prioniodus honghuayuanensis trilobite zone, Madaoyu Formation, Floian (477.7 - 470.0 Ma)

• "early–mid-Floian (Early Ordovician) age." "upper part of the Madaoyu Formation"

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified packstone and lime mudstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: adpression, soft parts

Reposited in the NIGPAS

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: X. Fang, Y. Mao, Q. Liu, W. Yuan, Z. Chen, R. Wu, L. Li, Y. Zhang, J. Ma, W. Wang, R. Zhan, S. Peng, Y. Zhang and D. Huang. 2022. The Liexi fauna: a new Lagerstätte from the Lower Ordovician of South China. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 289(1978):20221027 [P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Novack-Gottshall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 226639: authorized by Phil Novack-Gottshall, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 19.07.2022

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