Wulipo Beds in NE Guizhou Province: Rhuddanian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Halysitidae
Halysites sp. von Waldheim 1813
Wang et al. 2014
Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Proporidae
Propora sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
Wang et al. 2014
Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Proheliolitidae
Proheliolites sp. Kiaer 1897
Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Paleofavosites sp. Twenhofel 1914
Wang et al. 2014
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Trochonematidae
Trochonema sp. Salter 1859
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
? Coolinia sp. Bancroft 1949
spelled with current rank as Fardenia (Coolinia)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
"Aphanomena" sp. Bergstrom 1968
synonym of Eostropheodonta
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Rostricellula sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1942
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Dolerorthis sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
"Resserella" sp. Bancroft 1928
Isorthis sp. Kozlowski 1929
Dalmanella sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypinidae
"Eospirigerina" cf. putilla (Hall and Clarke 1894)
recombined as Atrypa putilla
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
Eospirifer sp. Schuchert 1913
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristellidae
Hindella meitanensis
Trilobita - Proetida - Scharyiidae
Niuchangella sp. Chang 1974
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
Dalmanitina sp. Reed 1905
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]