Leijiatun (Silurian of China)

Where: Guizhou, China (27.5° N, 108.3° E: paleocoordinates 7.2° N, 126.0° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

Environment/lithology: mudstone

• Interpreted as shallow BA 3, restricted environment, quiet water.
• "disarticulated shells in a mudstone matrix"

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: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 56659: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 21.11.2005

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Spathographodus celloni
Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Monograptidae
Monoclimacis griestoniensis
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Gyronema sp., Eunema sp.
Gyronema sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Eunema sp. Salter 1859 snail
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
"Girvania leijiatunensis n. sp." = Rhabdostropha leijiatunensis, Loxonema cf. strangulatum
"Girvania leijiatunensis n. sp." = Rhabdostropha leijiatunensis Xi and Yu 1990 snail
Loxonema cf. strangulatum Lindström 1884 snail
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Liospira kailiensis
 Bellerophontida -
Bellerophontoidea indet.
Bellerophontoidea indet. M'Coy 1851 snail
 Euomphalina - Elasmonematidae
Discordichilus globrous
Discordichilus globrous Xi and Yu 1990 snail
Yu
 Euomphalina - Holopeidae
Raphistomina rhombistoma
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
Striispirifer bellatulus