Unit 18, Laozai Fm., Lenshuigou Wenshan, Yunnan Prov., China (Ordovician of China)

Where: Yunnan, China (23.0° N, 104.0° E: paleocoordinates 23.6° N, 136.0° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Laozai Formation, Arenig (478.6 - 466.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; lithified shale

• shale

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 5433: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 02.10.1999

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Orthidae
Orthis sp. Dalman 1828
Trilobita
 Asaphida - Taihungshaniidae
Taihungshania sp. Sun 1931 trilobite