BaoTa Mbr., BaoTa (Paagoda) Fm., TangShan, JiangNin Co., JiangSu Prov., China (Ordovician to of China)

Where: JiangSu, China (32.0° N, 119.0° E: paleocoordinates 2.4° N, 129.7° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: BaoTa Member (Baota Formation), Longvillian to Longvillian (457.5 - 452.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, shelly/skeletal, gray, yellow grainstone

• grayish yellow to light red bioclastic limestone

Primary reference: X. Chen, T. E. Chen, X. P. Zhou, J. Y. Qiu, Y. N. Ni and X. C. Yang. 1988. Ordovician system of the Lower Yangtze region in Jiangsu Province. Sinian-Triassic biostratigraphy of the Lower Yangtze peneplatform in Jiangsu Region 81-126 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 7930: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 08.06.2000

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Taxonomic list

Ptiloncodus
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Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Michelinoceras sp. Foerste 1932
Sinoceras sp. Shimizu et al. 1935
Conodonta
 Protopanderodontida - Drepanoistodontidae
Paltodus sp. Pander 1856 conodont
 Protopanderodontida - Protopanderodontidae
 Ozarkodinida -
Periodon sp. Hadding 1913 conodont
Plectodina sp. conodont
 Prioniodontida - Oistodontidae
Oistodus sp. Pander 1856 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Acodontidae
"Acontiodus sp." = Acodus
"Acontiodus sp." = Acodus Pander 1856 conodont
 Panderodontida - Panderodontidae
Panderodus sp. Ethington 1959 conodont
 Belodellida - Ansellidae
Hamarodus sp. Viira 1975 conodont