Shizipu Fm., Ludipin Songtao, Guizhou Prov., China (Ordovician of China)

Where: Guizhou, China (28.0° N, 109.0° E: paleocoordinates 14.3° N, 133.5° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Shizipu Formation, Llanvirn (468.0 - 458.4 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified, argillaceous limestone

• muddy limestone and limestone

Primary reference: Guizhou Stratigraphic Work Group. 1977. Regional stratigraphic table of the southwestern region of China, Guizhou part. Geological Publishing House, Beijing [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 7384: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 25.05.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Dicranograptidae
Dicellograptus sp. Hopkinson 1871 graptolite
 Graptoloidea - Retiolitidae
Glyptograptus sp. Lapworth 1873 graptolite
Trilobita
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
"Basiliella sp." = Basilicus (Basiliella)
"Basiliella sp." = Basilicus (Basiliella) Kobayashi 1934 trilobite
Cephalopoda
 Endocerida - Endoceratidae
Dideroceras sp. Flower 1950
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Sinoceras sp. Shimizu et al. 1935
Michelinoceras sp. Foerste 1932