Unit 17, Meitan Fm., Huanghuachong Wudang, Guizhou Prov., China (Ordovician of China)

Where: Guizhou, China (27.0° N, 107.0° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 11.2° S, 86.3° E (Wright 2013)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Meitan Formation, Arenig (478.6 - 466.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shoreface; lithified, silty shale and sandstone

• silty shale and sandstone

Primary reference: R. Wang. 1981. Stratigraphic Summary of the Southwestern Region of China. Institute of Geology and Mine Deposit at Chengdu, Ministry of Geology (not published, copy of article deposited with A. I. Miller at the University of Cincinnati, received through S. Mao) 14-61 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 7346: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 23.05.2000

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Liomegalaspides sp. Lu and Chang 1974 trilobite
 Asaphida - Taihungshaniidae
Taihungshania sp. Sun 1931 trilobite
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Orthidae
 Orthida - Plectorthidae
Mimella sp. Cooper 1930
Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Phyllograptidae
Tetragraptus sp. Salter 1863 graptolite