Saisho-ri (=Saishori) (Ordovician of North Korea)

Also known as Other names: Saiho-ri,Sopo-ri,P'yŏngp'o

Where: Hamgyong-namdo, North Korea (40.1° N, 128.1° E: paleocoordinates 5.3° S, 129.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• member-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 56175: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 14.11.2005, edited by Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Raphistomatidae
"Palaeomphalus keizanensis" = Scalites keizanensis2, Raphistoma coreanicum
"Palaeomphalus keizanensis" = Scalites keizanensis2 Kobayashi 1934 snail
Raphistoma coreanicum Kobayashi 1934 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae
"Bucanopsis tsuibonensis" = Bucania tsuibonensis
"Bucanopsis tsuibonensis" = Bucania tsuibonensis Kobayashi 1934 snail
 Murchisoniina - Subulitidae
Fusispira sp. Hall 1872 snail
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Liospira shohakuensis Kobayashi 1934 snail
Tergomya
 Scenelloidea - Scenellidae
"? Conchopeltis unicarinata" = Scenella unicarinata
"? Conchopeltis unicarinata" = Scenella unicarinata Kobayashi 1934
 Kiringellida - Hypseloconidae
"Palaeacmaea hampakuensis" = Pygmaeoconus hampakuensis
"Palaeacmaea hampakuensis" = Pygmaeoconus hampakuensis Kobayashi 1934
Bivalvia
 Solemyida - Ctenodontidae
Ctenodonta coreanica Kobayashi 1934 clam
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Modiolopsis rugosa n. sp.1 Kobayashi 1934 clam
UMUT PM0561 (holotype)