Upper Mbr., Wufeng Fm., Yangjiaba, Chengkou County, Sichuan Prov., China: Wufeng, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Homalonmia sp.
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Michelinoceras sp. Foerste 1932
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Sichuan County:Chengkou
Coordinates: 32.0° North, 108.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:8.0° North, 131.7° East
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 5
*Period:Late/Upper Ordovician *Epoch:Late/Upper Ashgill
*International age/stage:Hirnantian *Local age/stage:Middle - Late/Upper Wufeng
Key time interval:Wufeng
Age range of interval:449.50000 - 443.70000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Wufeng Member:Upper
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified argillaceous "limestone"
Lithology description: muddy limestone
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:species names
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:7642
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:P. Novack-Gottshall
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-05-30 11:51:18 Last modified:2001-08-16 13:10:39
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:34
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

485. Sichuan Stratigraphic Work Group. 1978. Regional stratigraphic table of the southwestern region of China, Sichuan part. Geological Publishing House, Beijing, China [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall]