Unit 48, Jianchaogou Fm., Guangyingqiao Qijiang, Sichuan Prov., China: Actonian - Onnian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae
Hammatocnemis sp. Kielan 1960
synonym of Ovalocephalus
Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Encrinuroides sp. Reed 1931
Trilobita - Proetida - Telephinidae
Telephina sp. Marek 1952
Trilobita - Asaphida - Cyclopygidae
Cyclopyge sp. Hawle and Corda 1847
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Michelinoceras sp. Foerste 1932
Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Plasmoporellidae
Plasmoporella sp. Kiaer 1899
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Sichuan
Coordinates: 29.0° North, 107.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:12.2° North, 131.6° East
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
*Period:Late/Upper Ordovician *Epoch:Late/Upper Caradoc
*International age/stage:Actonian - Onnian
Key time interval:Actonian - Onnian
Age range of interval:454.20000 - 449.60000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Jianchaogou
Local section:48
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified argillaceous "limestone"
Lithology description: nodular muddy limestone
Environment:offshore shelf
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:species names
Metadata
Database number:5338
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:P. Novack-Gottshall
Modifier:P. Novack-Gottshall Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-09-26 08:14:05 Last modified:1999-10-02 16:44:53
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:26
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]