Baota (Pagoda) Fm., ShuangHe, Changnin Co., Sichuan Prov., China: Harnagian - Longvillian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Orthoceras sp. Breynius 1832
Sinoceras sp. Shimizu et al. 1935
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Sichuan
Coordinates: 28.0° North, 105.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:15.4° North, 133.1° East
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
Stage:Sandbian 10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 4
*Period:Late/Upper Ordovician *Epoch:Early/Lower Caradoc - Middle Caradoc
*International age/stage:Harnagian - Longvillian *Local age/stage:Baoto
Key time interval:Harnagian - Longvillian
Age range of interval:458.40000 - 455.20000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Baota
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray lithified argillaceous "limestone"
Lithology description: dark gray limestone with mud cracks
Environment:deep subtidal shelf
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:species names
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:7668
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:P. Novack-Gottshall
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-05-30 14:31:23 Last modified:2000-05-30 17:31:23
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]