Where: Xinjiang, China (45.0° N, 80.0° E: paleocoordinates 4.8° S, 71.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Kekexiongkuduke Formation, Ludlow (427.4 - 423.0 Ma)

• Except where otherwise stated, ref. 7624 uses Lower Silurian as equivalent to Llandovery, Middle Silurian as equivalent to Wenlock, and Upper Silurian as equivalent to Ludlow plus Pridoli. "This [faunal] list suggests a Late Llandovery-Ludlow age range....Wang Wu-yan and others (1979) placed the formation in the Upper Silurian."

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; tuffaceous sandstone and limestone

Primary reference: E.-z. Mu, A. J. Boucot, X. Chen and J.-y. Rong. 1986. Correlation of the Silurian rocks of China. In A. J. Boucot and W. B. N. Berry (eds.), Geological Society of America Special Paper 202:1-80 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 27769: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 08.01.2003

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