Hyesan (=Keizan-son) (Ordovician of North Korea)

Also known as Keizan,Hesanjin,Keisanchin,Keizanchin,Keizantin,Hyesanjin

Where: North Korea (41.4° N, 128.2° E: paleocoordinates 4.8° S, 128.3° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tsuibon Formation, Early/Lower Llandeilo (466.0 - 460.9 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. Kobayashi. 1934. The Cambro-Ordovician formations and faunas of south Chosen. Paleontology. Part I. Middle Ordovician faunas. Journal of the Faculty of Science, the Imperial University of Tokyo, Section 2 3(8):335-519 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 56166: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 14.11.2005

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Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Orthidae
Tergomya
 Kiringellida - Hypseloconidae
"Palaeacmaea sohsanensis" = Pygmaeoconus sohsanensis, "Palaeacmaea hampakuensis" = Pygmaeoconus hampakuensis
"Palaeacmaea sohsanensis" = Pygmaeoconus sohsanensis Kobayashi 1934
"Palaeacmaea hampakuensis" = Pygmaeoconus hampakuensis Kobayashi 1934
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae
"Bucanopsis tsuibonensis" = Bucania tsuibonensis
"Bucanopsis tsuibonensis" = Bucania tsuibonensis Kobayashi 1934 snail
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Lophospira kinosakii, "Lophospira endoi" = Lophospira perangulata, "Lophospira tateiwai" = Lophospira perangulata
Lophospira kinosakii Kobayashi 1934 snail
"Lophospira endoi" = Lophospira perangulata Hall 1847 snail
"Lophospira tateiwai" = Lophospira perangulata Hall 1847 snail
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Liospira shohakuensis Kobayashi 1934 snail
 Euomphalina - Lesueurillidae
"Eccyliopterus shirakii n. sp." = Lesueurilla shirakii, "Eccyliopterus minimus n. sp." = Lesueurilla shirakii
"Eccyliopterus shirakii n. sp." = Lesueurilla shirakii Kobayashi 1934 snail
"Eccyliopterus minimus n. sp." = Lesueurilla shirakii Kobayashi 1934 snail
Rostroconchia
 Conocardiida - Eopteriidae
Eopteria cf. trilobita Kobayashi 1934
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Praenuculidae
"Ctenodonta subsymmetrica n. sp." = Palaeoconcha subsymmetrica
"Ctenodonta subsymmetrica n. sp." = Palaeoconcha subsymmetrica Kobayashi 1934 clam
 Solemyida - Ctenodontidae
Ctenodonta coreanica Kobayashi 1934 clam
? Ctenodonta striata Kobayashi 1934 clam
 Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
"Clionychia oviformis" = Cleionychia oviformis
"Clionychia oviformis" = Cleionychia oviformis Kobayashi 1934 clam
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Goniophora orientalis Kobayashi 1934 clam