Wulipo Beds in NE Guizhou Province: Rhuddanian, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa
- Heliolitida
- Halysitidae
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Halysites sp.
von Waldheim 1813
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Wang et al. 2014 | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Heliolitida
- Proporidae
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Propora sp.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
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Wang et al. 2014 | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Heliolitida
- Proheliolitidae
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Proheliolites sp.
Kiaer 1897
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Anthozoa
- Favositida
- Favositidae
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Paleofavosites sp.
Twenhofel 1914
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Wang et al. 2014 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Trochonematidae
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Trochonema sp.
Salter 1859
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Chilidiopsidae
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? Coolinia sp.
Bancroft 1949
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spelled with current rank as Fardenia (Coolinia) | ||||||||||
Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Leptostrophiidae
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"Aphanomena" sp.
Bergstrom 1968
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synonym of Eostropheodonta | ||||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Trigonirhynchiidae
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Rostricellula sp.
Ulrich and Cooper 1942
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Hesperorthidae
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Dolerorthis sp.
Schuchert and Cooper 1931
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Dalmanellidae
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"Resserella" sp.
Bancroft 1928
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Isorthis sp.
Kozlowski 1929
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Dalmanella sp.
Hall and Clarke 1892
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Rhynchonellata
- Atrypida
- Atrypinidae
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"Eospirigerina" cf. putilla
(Hall and Clarke 1894)
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recombined as Atrypa putilla | ||||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Cyrtiidae
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Eospirifer sp.
Schuchert 1913
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Meristellidae
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Hindella meitanensis
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Trilobita
- Proetida
- Scharyiidae
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Niuchangella sp.
Chang 1974
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Trilobite; genus not listed in Sepkoski Compendium (PBDB ref. 6930), but is cited by Adrain and Chatterton (1993, Can. J. Earth. Sci. 30[9]:1634) according to Zoological Record v. 129-132 | ||||||||||
Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Dalmanitidae
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Dalmanitina sp.
Reed 1905
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | China | State/province: | Guizhou |
Coordinates: | 28.0° North, 107.0° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 9.4° North, 127.1° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
Geographic resolution: | basin |
Time
Period: | Silurian | Epoch: | Llandovery |
Stage: | Rhuddanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Silurian 1 |
*International age/stage: | Middle Rhuddanian | ||
Key time interval: | Rhuddanian | ||
Age range of interval: | 443.40000 - 440.80000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Local bed: | Wulipo | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Except where otherwise stated, ref. 7624 uses Lower Silurian as equivalent to Llandovery, Middle Silurian as equivalent to Wenlock, and Upper Silurian as equivalent to Ludlow plus Pridoli. Wulipo Beds are between Kuanyinchiao Bed and Luncmachi Formation, basal Llandovery. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | gray,green marl |
Secondary lithology: | "shale" |
Lithology description: Thickness 30-40 cm. "gray-green marl" at Donggonsi, "shale and limestone" at Wulipo | |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 27888 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Foote, W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Foote, M. Krause |
Modifier: | M. Foote | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2003-01-15 12:48:28 | Last modified: | 2006-09-13 14:01:03 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-01-15 12:48:28 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
7624. | E.-z. Mu, A. J. Boucot, X. Chen and J.-y. Rong. 1986. Correlation of the Silurian rocks of China. In A. J. Boucot and W. B. N. Berry (eds.), Geological Society of America Special Paper 202:1-80 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner] |
Secondary references:
51780 | G. Wang, R. Zhan, Z. Deng and C. Yu. 2014. Latest Ordovician and earliest Silurian tabulate corals of South China. GFF - Journal of the Geological Society of Sweden 136(1) [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Krause] |