ShuoWeiLin Grp., ShuoWeiLin, GuangDong Province, China (Ordovician of China)

Where: GuangDong, China (23.0° N, 112.0° E: paleocoordinates 17.5° N, 131.7° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Arenig (478.6 - 466.0 Ma)

• ShuoWeiLin Group

Environment/lithology: shoreface; lithified, gray sandstone and shale

• Purplish-red sandy shale, gray-white fine-grained sandstone, and breccia

Primary reference: R. Jin and S. Cai. 1988. Regional Geology of GuangDong Province. Special Publication of China Minister of Geology and Mining, No.9. Geology Publishing House 1-? [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 4679: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 16.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Illaenus sp.
Illaenus sp. Dalman 1827 trilobite
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
"Synhomalonotus sp." = Neseuretus
"Synhomalonotus sp." = Neseuretus Hicks 1873 trilobite
Strophomenata
 Billingsellida - Polytoechiidae
Polytoechia sp.
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
Metorthis sp.
 Orthida - Orthidae
Orthis sp.
Orthis sp. Dalman 1828
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Ophiletidae
Ophileta sp.
Ophileta sp. Vanuxem 1842 snail
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Donaldiella sp.
Donaldiella sp. Cossmann 1903 snail