Upper section, Meitan Fm., ShuangHe, Changnin Co., Sichuan Prov., China (Ordovician of China)

Where: Sichuan, China (28.0° N, 105.0° E: paleocoordinates 19.9° N, 139.7° 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, argillaceous, silty, sandy sandstone and shale

• muddy sandstone and siltstone, sandy and silty 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 7669: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 30.05.2000

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
Metorthis sp.
Trilobita
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Isoteloides sp., Megalaspides sp.
Isoteloides sp. Raymond 1910 trilobite
Megalaspides sp. Brögger 1886 trilobite
 Asaphida - Taihungshaniidae
Taihungshania sp.
Taihungshania sp. Sun 1931 trilobite
 Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
Ningkianolithus sp.
Ningkianolithus sp. Lu 1954 trilobite
Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Retiolitidae
Glyptograptus sp.
Glyptograptus sp. Lapworth 1873 graptolite
 Graptoloidea - Dichograptidae
Didymograptus sp.
Didymograptus sp. McCoy 1851 graptolite