units 15-16, Yanxi Fm., XiangTaoYuan, TaoJiang Co., Hunan Province, China (Ordovician of China)

Where: Hunan, China (29.0° N, 112.0° E: paleocoordinates 10.0° N, 130.9° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Yanxi Formation, Llandeilo (461.1 - 458.4 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, black shale

• Listed as shelf setting, but unsure whether carbonate or siliciclastic
• black carb. shale (carbonaceous or carbonate?)

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 7710: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 31.05.2000

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Taxonomic list

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Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Dichograptidae
Didymograptus sp.
Didymograptus sp. McCoy 1851 graptolite
 Graptoloidea - Retiolitidae
Glyptograptus sp.
Glyptograptus sp. Lapworth 1873 graptolite
 Graptoloidea - Climacograptidae
Climacograptus sp.
Climacograptus sp. Hall 1865 climacograptid
 Graptoloidea - Diplograptidae
Orthograptus sp., Diplograptus sp.
Orthograptus sp. Lapworth 1873 graptolite
Diplograptus sp. graptolite
 Graptoloidea - Dicranograptidae
Dicellograptus sp., Dicranograptus sp.
Dicellograptus sp. Hopkinson 1871 graptolite
Dicranograptus sp. Hall 1865 graptolite
 Graptoloidea - Glossograptidae
Glossograptus sp.