BeiGuoShan Fm., LongMenDong, Long Co., Shaan'Xi Prov., China (Ordovician to of China)

Where: Shaanxi, China (35.0° N, 107.0° E: paleocoordinates 25.0° S, 123.5° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Beiguoshan Formation, Soudleyan to Soudleyan (458.4 - 454.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified, gray, green, yellow, sandy limestone and shale

• grayish yellow breccia and limestone in upper part, with some gray fine-grained sandstone and limestone in middle, and grayish green shale and brecciated limestone in lower part

Primary reference: Y. S. Zhang. 1983. Stratigraphic table of northwestern region of China: ShaanXi Province part. Geological Publishing House, Beijing, China 12-28 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 8533: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 01.08.2000

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Neosibiriolites sp., Paragetolites sp.
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Styginidae
Goldillaenoides sp., "Bronteus sp." = Scutellum
Goldillaenoides sp. Balashova 1959 trilobite
"Bronteus sp." = Scutellum Pusch 1833 trilobite
 Phacopida - Pliomeridae
Pliomera sp.
Pliomera sp. Angelin 1845 trilobite
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Sphaerexochus sp.
Sphaerexochus sp. Beyrich 1845 trilobite
 Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Remopleurides sp.
Remopleurides sp. Portlock 1843 trilobite
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena sp.
Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Sowerbyella sp.
Sowerbyella sp. Jones 1928
Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Plectatrypa sp.
Plectatrypa sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1930
 Orthida - Glyptorthidae
Glyptorthis sp.
Glyptorthis sp. Foerste 1914
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Rhinoporidae
Lichenalia sp.
Lichenalia sp. Hall 1851
 Cystoporata - Ceramoporidae
Favositella sp.
Favositella sp. Etheridge and Foord 1884
 Cystoporata - Constellariidae
Stellipora sp.
Stellipora sp. Hall 1847
Cephalopoda
 Tarphycerida - Trocholitidae
Discoceras sp.
Discoceras sp. Barrande 1867
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Brachyelasma sp.
Brachyelasma sp. Lang et al. 1940 horn coral
 Favositida - Agetolitidae
Agetolites sp.
Agetolites sp. Sokolov 1955 tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Plasmoporellidae
Plasmoporella sp.
Plasmoporella sp. Kiaer 1899 tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Proporidae
Propora sp., Diploepora sp.
Propora sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 tabulate coral
Diploepora sp. Quenstedt 1879 tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Heliolitidae
Heliolites sp.
Heliolites sp. Dana 1846 tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Halysitidae
Catenipora sp.
Catenipora sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral