Luomianen, Kaili (Silurian of China)

Where: Guizhou, China (26.6° N, 107.9° E: paleocoordinates 8.1° N, 125.6° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Member (Xiushan Formation), Telychian (438.5 - 433.4 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Y.-h. Xi and W. Yu. 1990. New materials of Silurian gastropods from SW. China. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 29(5):620-629 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 56658: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 21.11.2005

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Monograptidae
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae
Catazone changningensis Xi and Yu 1990 snail
Yu
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
"Lophospira luomianensis n. sp." = Loxoplocus gothlandicus
"Lophospira luomianensis n. sp." = Loxoplocus gothlandicus Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail