Honghuayuan Fm., WenTang, DaYong Co., Hunan Province, China (Ordovician of China)

Where: Hunan, China (29.0° N, 110.0° E: paleocoordinates 15.8° N, 137.9° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone and lime mudstone

• limestone and muddy limestone

Primary reference: Hunan Geology and Mine Deposit Bureau. 1988. Summary of regional geology of Hu''nan Province, China. Geological Publishing House, Beijing, China [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 7693: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 31.05.2000

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Endocerida - Endoceratidae
Dideroceras sp.
Dideroceras sp. Flower 1950
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Orthoceras sp.
Orthoceras sp. Breynius 1832
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Orthidae
Sinorthis sp.
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Leiostegiidae
"Szechuanella sp." = Pseudocalymene
"Szechuanella sp." = Pseudocalymene Pillet 1974 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Illaenus sp.
Illaenus sp. Dalman 1827 trilobite
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Isotelus sp., Asaphellus sp.
Isotelus sp. Dekay 1824 trilobite
Asaphellus sp. Callaway 1877 trilobite