Unit 8, Tongzhi Fm., Guangyingqiao and Qijiang, Sichuan Prov., China ( of China)

Where: Sichuan, China (29.0° N, 107.0° E: paleocoordinates 20.8° N, 144.3° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• muddy limestone and limestone

Primary reference: R. Wang. 1981. Stratigraphic Summary of the Southwestern Region of China. Institute of Geology and Mine Deposit at Chengdu, Ministry of Geology (not published, copy of article deposited with A. I. Miller at the University of Cincinnati, received through S. Mao) 14-61 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall]more details

PaleoDB collection 5421: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 02.10.1999

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Eoorthidae
Apheoorthis sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1936
Trilobita
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Asaphellus sp. Callaway 1877 trilobite