Northwester Guizhou: Caradoc, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae
Lingulella sp. Salter 1866
Rhynchonellata - Protorthida - Skenidiidae
Skenidioides sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Tetralobulidae
Syntrophopsis sp.
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Porambonitidae
Porambonites triquetrus
Porambonites transversus
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Productorthidae
Saucrorthis minor
Nicolella delicata
Nicolella actoniae (de Sowerby and Murchison 1839)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Aegiromenidae
Aegironetes minuta
Chonetoidea sp. Jones 1928
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Hesperomenidae
Anoptambonites sp. Williams 1962
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Grorudiidae
Leptellina sinensis Xu 1974
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Glyptomenidae
Glyptomena sp. Cooper 1956
? Platymena multabilis
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Bellimurina rudis
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Kiaeromena sp. Spjeldnaes 1957
? Leptaena qianbeiensis
? Rafinesquina sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Strophomenata - Billingsellida - Polytoechiidae
Peritritoechia imbricatia
Strophomenata - Billingsellida - Gonambonitidae
Gonambonites nobilis
Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae
Philhedrella sp. Kozlowski 1929
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Guizhou
Coordinates: 27.8° North, 106.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:13.5° North, 131.3° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Ordovician Epoch: Late Ordovician
10 m.y. bin: Ordovician 4-5
Key time interval: Caradoc Graptolite zone:  Nemagraptus gracilis
Age range of interval: 458.4 - 449.6 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Shihtzupu Member:Upper
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Upper half of formation is early Caradoc.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:brown,gray mudstone
Secondary lithology:brown,gray "shale"
Lithology description: grey and grey-brownish mudstone and shale
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:186302
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2017-06-19 15:56:12 Last modified:2017-06-19 17:47:21
Access level:the public Released:2017-06-19 15:56:12
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
62477. L. R. M. Cocks and R.-b. Zhan. 1998. Caradoc brachiopods from the Shan States, Burma (Myanmar). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum (Geology) 54:109 -130 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]