Where: ShanXi, China (36.0° N, 113.0° E: paleocoordinates 19.4° S, 126.3° E)
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Fengfeng Formation, Costonian to Costonian (460.9 - 455.8 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, dolomitic, black, gray limestone and lime mudstone
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 8009: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 11.06.2000
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Armenoceras sp. Foerste 1924 | |
Richardsonoceras sp. Foerste 1932 | |
Gastropoda | |
Loxonema sp. Phillips 1841 snail | |
Ecculiomphalus sp. Portlock 1843 snail | |
Maclurites sp. Le Sueur 1818 snail | |
Strophomenata | |
Leptelloidea sp. Jones 1928 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Orthis sp. Dalman 1828 | |
Yangtzeella sp. Kolarova 1925 | |
Porambonites sp. Pander 1830 | |
Lingulata | |
Acrotreta sp. Kutorga 1848 |