YeLi Fm., WuTaiShan, ShanXi Prov., China ( of China)

Where: ShanXi, China (39.0° N, 113.0° E: paleocoordinates 10.2° S, 132.7° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Yeli Formation, Tremadoc (486.5 - 477.7 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, dolomitic, gray, green, yellow limestone and shale

• gray to grayish white, moderate to thick-bedded limestone interbedded with dolomite and dolomitic limestone, with some yellowish green shale at bottom of section

Primary reference: North China Stratigraphic Group. 1979. Regional Stratigraphic Table of North China. Branch of HeBei Province and TianJin City 250-260 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 8000: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 11.06.2000

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Eoorthidae
Eoorthis sp. Walcott 1908
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Obolidae
Obolus sp. Eichwald 1829
Trilobita
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Asaphellus sp. Callaway 1877 trilobite
"Basiliella sp." = Basilicus (Basiliella) Kobayashi 1934 trilobite
Isoteloides sp. Raymond 1910 trilobite
Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Anisograptidae
Adelograptus sp. Bulman 1941 graptolite