Meitan Fm., DaTianBa, Xiushan County, Sichuan Prov., China (Ordovician of China)

Where: Sichuan, China (29.0° N, 109.0° E: paleocoordinates 16.5° N, 138.4° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; lithified sandstone and shale

• sandstone and shale

Primary reference: Sichuan Stratigraphic Work Group. 1978. Regional stratigraphic table of the southwestern region of China, Sichuan part. Geological Publishing House, Beijing, China [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 7660: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 30.05.2000

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Taxonomic list

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Pterobranchia
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Trigonograptus sp.
Trigonograptus sp. Lapworth 1873 graptolite
 Graptoloidea - Retiolitidae
Glyptograptus sp.
Trilobita
 Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
Hanchungolithus sp.
Hanchungolithus sp. Lu 1956 trilobite
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Megalaspides sp., Psilocephalina sp.
Megalaspides sp. Brögger 1886 trilobite
Psilocephalina sp. Hsu 1948 trilobite
 Asaphida - Taihungshaniidae
Taihungshania sp.
Taihungshania sp. Sun 1931 trilobite