Kangar, Perlis (Ordovician of Malaysia)

Where: Perlis, Malaysia (6.5° N, 100.2° E: paleocoordinates 6.5° N, 100.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: H Member (Lower Setul Formation), Fennian (470.7 - 468.0 Ma)

• latest Arenig (Whiterockian)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. Kobayashi. 1959. On some Ordovician fossils from northern Malaya and her adjacence. Tokyo University, Faculty Science Journal Sec. 2 11(4):387-407 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 56161: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 14.11.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Actinocerida - Actinoceratidae
 Actinocerida - Ormoceratidae
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Ophiletidae
Malayaspira rugosa n. sp. Kobayashi 1958 snail