Unit 17, Zhitai Fm., Yanheganxi and Yanhe, Guizhou Prov., China: Arenig, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Phyllograptidae
Phyllograptus sp. Hall 1858
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Clarkellidae
Yangtzeella sp. Kolarova 1925
Clarkella sp. Walcott 1908
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Tetralobulidae
Syntrophopsis sp.
Doloresella sp.
Punctolira sp.
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Orthidae
Sinorthis sp.
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Euorthisinidae
Euorthisina sp.
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plectorthidae
Mimella sp. Cooper 1930
Desmorthis sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1936
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Paurorthidae
Paurorthis sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Taffiidae
Leptella sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Leiostegiidae
Eucalymene sp. Lu 1975
synonym of Pseudocalymene
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Megalaspides sp. Brögger 1886
Isoteloides sp. Raymond 1910
Trilobita - Asaphida - Taihungshaniidae
Taihungshania sp. Sun 1931
Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae
Encrinurella sp. Reed 1915
Agnostida - Metagnostidae
Geragnostus sp. Howell 1935
Trinodus sp. M'Coy 1846
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Guizhou
Coordinates: 29.0° North, 109.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:16.5° North, 138.4° East
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Ordovician
10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 2
*Period:Early/Lower Ordovician *Epoch:Early/Lower Arenig
Key time interval:Arenig
Age range of interval:477.70000 - 468.40000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Zhitai
Local section:17
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:green,yellow lithified "shale"
Environment:deep subtidal shelf
Geology comments: Yellow-green shale
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Metadata
Database number:4763
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:P. Novack-Gottshall
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-08-19 07:41:22 Last modified:1999-08-19 10:41:22
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:23
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

288. R. Wang. 1981. Stratigraphic Summary of the Southwestern Region of China. Institute of Geology and Mine Deposit at Chengdu, Ministry of Geology (not published, copy of article deposited with A. I. Miller at the University of Cincinnati, received through S. Mao) 14-61 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall]