Units 1 to 4, Dawan Fm., Yangjiaba, Chengkou County, Sichuan Prov., China: Arenig, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Changyangoceras sp.
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Dichograptidae
Didymograptus sp. McCoy 1851
Azygograptus sp. Nicholson and Lapworth 1875
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Phyllograptidae
Phyllograptus sp. Hall 1858
Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Protocycloceratidae
Protocycloceras sp. Hyatt 1900
Cephalopoda - Endocerida - Endoceratidae
Chisiloceras sp. Gortani 1934
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Orthidae
Sinorthis sp.
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Psilocephalina sp. Hsu 1948
Megalaspides sp. Brögger 1886
Trilobita - Asaphida - Taihungshaniidae
Taihungshania sp. Sun 1931
Trilobita - Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
Ningkianolithus sp. Lu 1954
Hanchungolithus sp. Lu 1956
Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae
Neseuretus sp. Hicks 1873
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Sichuan County:Chengkou
Coordinates: 32.0° North, 108.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:15.5° North, 141.5° 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:Dawan
Local section:1-4
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified silty "shale"
Secondary lithology: "limestone"
Lithology description: shale, limestone and siltstone
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:species names
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:7649
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:P. Novack-Gottshall
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-05-30 12:10:33 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]