Unit 38, Meitan Fm., Upper Mbr., Honghauyuan and Tongzi, Guizhou Prov., China: Arenig, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Trilobita - Asaphida - Nileidae
Neopsilocephalina sp. Yin 1978
Trilobita - Asaphida - Taihungshaniidae
Taihungshania sp. Sun 1931
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Megalaspides sp. Brögger 1886
Trilobita - Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
Ichangolithus sp. Lu 1963
synonym of Hanchungolithus
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Guizhou
Coordinates: 28.0° North, 107.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:18.5° North, 138.7° East
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Ordovician
10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 2
*Period:Early/Lower Ordovician *Epoch:Early/Lower Arenig
*International age/stage:Early/Lower Arenig
Key time interval:Arenig
Age range of interval:477.70000 - 468.40000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Meitan Member:Upper
Local section:38
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "shale"
Secondary lithology: sandstone
Lithology description: shale and sandstone
Environment:transition zone/lower shoreface
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:species names
Metadata
Database number:5254
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:P. Novack-Gottshall
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-09-12 13:02:11 Last modified:1999-09-12 16:02:11
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:25
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]