Lower section, Meitan Fm., ShuangHe, Changnin Co., Sichuan Prov., China: Arenig, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Dichograptidae
Didymograptus sp. McCoy 1851
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Orthidae
Orthambonites sp. Pander 1830
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Psilocephalina sp. Hsu 1948
Megalaspides sp. Brögger 1886
Isoteloides sp. Raymond 1910
Trilobita - Asaphida - Taihungshaniidae
Taihungshania sp. Sun 1931
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Sichuan County:Changnin
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: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:Meitan
Local section:Lower
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified argillaceous sandstone
Secondary lithology: siltstone
Lithology description: sandstone and siltstone, with some sandy shale
Environment:shoreface
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:species names
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:7670
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:P. Novack-Gottshall
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-05-30 14:31:43 Last modified:2000-05-30 17:31:43
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:35
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]