Where: Hubei, China (30.9° N, 111.4° E: paleocoordinates 16.6° N, 143.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Fenxiang Formation, Tremadocian (485.4 - 477.7 Ma)

• 25.62 m above the base

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: F. S. Xia, S. G. Zhang, and Z. Z. Wang. 2007. The oldest bryozoans: new evidence from the Late Tremadocian (Early Ordovician) of East Yangtze Gorges in China. Journal of Paleontology 81(6):1308-1326 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 99748: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.11.2010

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