Loc. 11, AFA100. Wangjiawan Section.: Hirnantian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Cliftonia obovata Chang 1981
Triplesia yichangensis Zeng 1977
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Aegiromenidae
Aegiromena convexa Chang 1981
synonym of Aegiromena (Aegiromenella) planissima
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Eostropheodonta parvicostellata Rong 1984
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Glyptomenidae
Paromalomena polonica (Temple 1965)
synonym of Paromalomena macmahoni
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena trifidum (Marek and Havlíček 1967)
recombined as Leptaena (Leptaena) trifidum
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristellidae
Hindella crassa (Sowerby 1839)
H. crassa incipiens
    = Hindella incipiens Williams 1951
Cocks 2014
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Plectothyrella crassicosta (Dalman 1828)
Atrypa crassicostis
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Chrustenoporidae
Dysprosorthis sinensis Rong 1984
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Draboviidae
Kinnella kielanae (Temple 1965)
synonym of Kinnella medlicotti
Draborthis caelebs Marek and Havlíček 1967
Hirnantia sagittifera (McCoy 1851)
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Dalmanella testudinaria (Dalman 1828)
original and current combination Orthis testudinaria
Onniella ? yichangensis Zeng 1983
Mirorthis mira Zeng 1983
Trilobita - Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Platycoryphe sp. Foerste 1919
Trilobita - Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Dalmanitina yichangensis
Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Leonaspis sp. Richter and Richter 1917
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Hubei
Coordinates: 31.0° North, 112.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:4.7° North, 128.0° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
Stage:Hirnantian 10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 5
Key time interval:Hirnantian Brachiopod zone: Hirnantia sagitiffera
Age range of interval:445.20000 - 443.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Kuanyinchiao
Local section:Wangjiawan Local bed:100
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Hirnantia
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:brown lithified mudstone
Lithology description: Dark brown mudstone
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Spatial orientation:life position
Size sorting:poor
Fragmentation:none
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: 33 cm thick section
Taxonomic list comments:Pooled samples
Metadata
Database number:151941
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2013-10-23 15:45:37 Last modified:2018-04-16 13:30:20
Access level:the public Released:2013-10-23 15:45:37
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
48559. X. Chen, J. Rong, C. E. Mitchell, D. A. T. Harper, J. Fan, R. Zhan, Y. Zhang, R. Li, and Y. Wang. 2000. Late Ordovician to earliest Silurian graptolite and brachiopod biozonation from the Yangtze region, South China, with global correlation. Geological Magazine 137(6):623-650 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

62099 L. R. M. Cocks. 2014. The Late Ordovician brachiopods of southern Pembrokeshire and adjacent south-western Wales. Special Papers in Palaeontology 91:1-89 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]