Daping section, Fenxiang, sample CF3 (Ordovician of China)

Also known as Reef 1751

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)

• 57.30 m above the base

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• bryozoan-dominated bioherm

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 99749: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.11.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Strophomenata
 Billingsellida - Polytoechiidae
Tritoechia sp.
Tritoechia sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1936
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomata - Aisenvergiidae
Nekhorosheviella semisphaerica n. sp., Orbiramus ovalis, Orbiramus minus n. sp., Orbiramus normalis
Nekhorosheviella semisphaerica n. sp. Xia et al. 2007
Orbiramus ovalis Xia et al. 2007
Orbiramus minus n. sp. Xia et al. 2007
Orbiramus normalis Xia et al. 2007