Unit 29, Lower Mbr., Fengdong'gun Fm., Yanjing Chengbei, Yunnan Prov., China: Arenig, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Dichograptidae
Didymograptus sp. McCoy 1851
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Retiolitidae
Glyptograptus sp.
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Grorudiidae
Tetraodontella sp.
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Orthidae
Orthis sp. Dalman 1828
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Archaeorthidae
Xinanorthis sp. Xu and Liu 1974
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plectorthidae
Desmorthis sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1936
Trilobita - Asaphida - Hungaiidae
Hungioides sp. Kobayashi 1936
Trilobita - Asaphida - Taihungshaniidae
Asaphopsis sp. Mansuy 1920
Omeipsis sp. Kobayashi 1951
Taihungshania sp. Sun 1931
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Psilocephalina sp. Hsu 1948
Megalaspides sp. Brögger 1886
Isoteloides sp. Raymond 1910
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Yunnan
Coordinates: 28.0° North, 105.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:19.9° North, 139.7° East
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Ordovician
10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 2
*Period:Early/Lower Ordovician *Epoch:Late/Upper Arenig
*International age/stage:Late/Upper Arenig
Key time interval:Arenig
Age range of interval:477.70000 - 468.40000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Fengdong'gun Member:Lower
Local section:29
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:black lithified silty "shale"
Lithology description: black, silty shale
Environment:offshore
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:species names
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:7263
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:P. Novack-Gottshall
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-05-21 15:18:01 Last modified:2000-05-21 18:18:01
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:34
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]