Meitan Fm., DaTianBa, Xiushan County, Sichuan Prov., China: Arenig, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Trilobita - Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
Hanchungolithus sp. Lu 1956
Trilobita - Asaphida - Taihungshaniidae
Taihungshania sp. Sun 1931
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Psilocephalina sp. Hsu 1948
Megalaspides sp. Brögger 1886
Pterobranchia
Trigonograptus sp. Lapworth 1873
nomen vanum belonging to Graptolithina
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Retiolitidae
Glyptograptus sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Sichuan County:XiuShan
Coordinates: 29.0° North, 109.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:16.5° North, 138.4° 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:478.60000 - 466.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Meitan
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified sandstone
Secondary lithology: "shale"
Lithology description: sandstone and shale
Environment:transition zone/lower shoreface
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:species names
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:7660
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:P. Novack-Gottshall
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-05-30 13:13:28 Last modified:2000-05-30 16:13:28
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]