HongHuaYuan Fm., SD-HSY-YL sect., Jin Co., AnHui Prov., China (Ordovician of China)

Where: AnHui, China (31.0° N, 118.0° E: paleocoordinates 8.8° N, 136.0° 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, gray limestone

• dark gray limestone

Primary reference: Stratigraphic Group of AnHui, China. 1978. Regional stratigraphic table of Eastern China, AnHui Province. Geological Publishing House, Beijing, China [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 7856: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 04.06.2000

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Endocerida - Endoceratidae
Cameroceras sp.
Cameroceras sp. Conrad 1842
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Ophiletidae
Ophileta sp.
Ophileta sp. Vanuxem 1842 snail
Strophomenata
 Billingsellida - Polytoechiidae
Tritoechia sp.
Tritoechia sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1936
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Tetralobulidae
Imbricatia sp.
 Pentamerida - Syntrophiidae
Syntrophia sp.
 Orthida - Orthidae
Orthis sp., Sinorthis sp.
Orthis sp. Dalman 1828
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Illaenus sp.
Illaenus sp. Dalman 1827 trilobite