Unit 22, Fenxiang Fm., Upper Mbr., Huanghuachang and Yiching, Hubei Prov., China ( of China)

Where: Hubei, China (33.0° N, 111.0° E: paleocoordinates 15.7° N, 145.5° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Member (Fengxiang Formation), Tremadoc (486.5 - 477.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified shale and carbonate

Primary reference: X. Wang, L. Xian, S. Ni, Q. Zheng, G. Xu, T. Zhou, C. Lai and Z. Li. 1987. Biostratigraphy of the Yangtze Gorge Area. Part (2) Early Paleozoic Era. Geological Publishing House, Beijing 43-142 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 4728: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 18.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Pterobranchia
  - Rhabdopleuridae
Haplograptus sp. Ruedemann 1933 graptolite
 Graptoloidea - Anisograptidae
Adelograptus sp. Bulman 1941 graptolite
 Dendroidea - Dendrograptidae
Dendrograptus sp. Hall 1858 graptolite
 Dendroidea - Acanthograptidae
Dictyonema sp. Hall 1851 graptolite
Acanthograptus sp. graptolite
Conodonta
 Protopanderodontida - Serratognathidae
 Protopanderodontida - Drepanoistodontidae
Paroistodus sp. Lindström 1971 conodont
 Protopanderodontida - Protopanderodontidae
Drepanodus sp. Pander 1856 conodont
Protopanderodus sp. Lindström 1971 conodont
 Protopanderodontida - Clavohamulidae
 Prioniodontida - Paracordylodontidae
Protoprioniodus sp. McTavish 1973 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Acodontidae
Triangulodus sp. van Wamel 1974 conodont
Acodus sp. Pander 1856 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Oistodontidae
Oistodus sp. Pander 1856 conodont
Cephalopoda
 Actinocerida -
Hopeioceras sp. Shimuzu and Obata 1936
 Endocerida - Proterocameroceratidae
Proterocameroceras sp. Ruedemann 1905
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Tetralobulidae
 Orthida - Plectorthidae
Nanorthis sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1936
Strophomenata
 Billingsellida - Polytoechiidae
Tritoechia sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1936
Trilobita
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Psilocephalina sp. Hsu 1948 trilobite
 Asaphida - Taihungshaniidae
Tungtzuella sp. Lu 1957 trilobite
Asaphopsis sp. Mansuy 1920 trilobite