AFL 161 Dakengwu (upper beds): Rhuddanian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Cathysiorthidae informal sp. indet. 2
Rong et al. 2013 14 specimens
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Rong et al. 2013 1 specimen
Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae
Deliella delicatula
Rong et al. 2013 2 specimens
Craniata - Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
? Paracraniops sp. Williams 1963
Rong et al. 2013 1 specimen
Paracraniops sp. Williams 1963
4 specimens
Was 2
    = Paracraniops cf. pararia Williams 1962
Rong et al. 2013
recombined as Paracraniops pararius
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Triplesia sp. Hall 1859
12 specimens
Was 1
    = Triplesia cf. woodlandensis Reed 1917
Rong et al. 2013
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Coolinia sp. Bancroft 1949
56 specimens
Was 5
    = Fardenia (Fardenia) flexa Rong et al. 2013
Rong et al. 2013
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Eoplectodonta sp. Kozlowski 1929
17 specimens
Was 2
    = Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) boucoti n. sp. Rong et al. 2013
Rong et al. 2013
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Eopholidostrophiidae
Eopholidostrophia (Megapholidostrophia) magnifica n. sp.
Rong et al. 2013 8 specimens
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
Katastrophomena sp. Cocks 1968
470 specimens
Was 129
    = Katastrophomena zheganensis Rong et al. 2013
Rong et al. 2013
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
? Kiaeromena sp. Spjeldnaes 1957
Rong et al. 2013 1 specimen
Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828
143 specimens
Was 42
    = Leptaena rugosa Dalman 1828
Rong et al. 2013
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Virgianidae
Brevilamnulella sp. Amsden 1974
88 specimens
Was 34
    = Brevilamnulella kjerulfi Kiaer 1902
Rong et al. 2013
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristellidae
Hindella crassa (Sowerby 1839)
Rong et al. 2013 1 specimen
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypinidae
Eospirigerina sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1930
169 specimens
Was 55
    = Eospirigerina putilla Hall and Clarke 1894
Rong et al. 2013
recombined as Atrypa putilla
Sulcatospira simplex
Rong et al. 2013 51 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Protorthida - Skenidiidae
Skenidioides woodlandensis
Rong et al. 2013 23 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida
Rhynchonellida indet. Kuhn 1949
Rong et al. 2013 1 specimen
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Thebesia thebensis
Rong et al. 2013 3 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Orthida
Orthida informal indet. 1 Schuchert and Cooper 1932
Rong et al. 2013 1 specimen
Orthida informal indet. 2 Schuchert and Cooper 1932
Rong et al. 2013 1 specimen
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Draboviidae
Salopina sp. Boucot 1960
Rong et al. 2013 1 specimen
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dicoelosiidae
Epitomyonia sp. Wright 1968
11 specimens
Was 5
    = Epitomyonia subquadrata
Rong et al. 2013
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Mendacella mutabilis
Rong et al. 2013 279 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Levenea qianbeiensis Rong et al. 1974
418 specimens
Was 89
    = Levenea llandoveriana Williams 1951
Rong et al. 2013
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Glyptorthidae
Glyptorthis sp. Foerste 1914
79 specimens
Was 12
    = Glyptorthis (Glyptorthis) wenchangensis
Rong et al. 2013
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Cathaysiorthidae
Orthidae informal new genus
157 specimens
Was 40
    = Cathaysiorthis yushanensis Zeng and Hu 1997
Rong et al. 2013
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Hesperorthis orientalis n. sp.
Rong et al. 2013 36 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plectorthidae
Plectorthidae indet. Schuchert and Le Vene 1929
Rong et al. 2013 1 specimen
? Plectorthis sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Rong et al. 2013 6 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:ZheJiang County:Chun’an
Coordinates: 29.5° North, 118.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:0.4° South, 123.0° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Silurian Epoch:Llandovery
Stage:Rhuddanian 10 m.y. bin:Silurian 1
Key time interval:Rhuddanian Graptolite zone: Akidograptus ascensus
Age range of interval:443.80000 - 440.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Anji
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified silty "limestone"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:species names
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:151946
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2013-10-23 16:16:12 Last modified:2017-08-30 12:11:28
Access level:the public Released:2013-10-23 16:16:12
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
48560. J.-Y. Rong and R.-B. Zhan. 2006. Surviving the end-Ordovician extinctions: evidence from the earliest Silurian brachiopods of northeastern Jiangxi and western Zhejiang provinces, East China. Lethaia 39(1):39-48 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

55042 J. Rong, B. Huang, R. B. Zhan and D. A. Harper. 2013. Latest Ordovician and earliest Silurian brachiopods succeeding the Hirnantia fauna in south-east China. Special Papers in Palaeontology 90:1-142 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]