Unit 38.1, Meitan Fm., Guangyingqiao and Qijiang, Sichuan Prov., China: Arenig, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Dichograptidae
Didymograptus sp. McCoy 1851
Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Protocycloceratidae
Protocycloceras sp. Hyatt 1900
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Megalaspides sp. Brögger 1886
Trilobita - Asaphida - Taihungshaniidae
Taihungshania sp. Sun 1931
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Sichuan
Coordinates: 29.0° North, 107.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:17.9° North, 139.5° 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
Local section:38.1
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified argillaceous "shale"
Secondary lithology: "limestone"
Lithology description: shale and muddy limestone
Environment:deep subtidal shelf
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:species names
Metadata
Database number:5406
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:P. Novack-Gottshall
Modifier:P. Novack-Gottshall Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-10-02 13:09:46 Last modified:1999-10-02 16:53:01
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]