ZhaoJiaBa Fm., GuaBaoYan, NanZheng Co., ShanXi Prov., China: Arenig, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Endocerida - Endoceratidae
Anthoceras sp. Teichert and Glenister 1954
Cephalopoda - Endocerida - Proterocameroceratidae
Proterocameroceras sp. Ruedemann 1905
Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Protocycloceratidae
Catoraphinoceras sp. Ulrich and Foerste 1936
Strophomenata - Billingsellida - Billingsellidae
Eosotrematorthis sp.
Trilobita - Asaphida - Taihungshaniidae
Taihungshania sp. Sun 1931
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Birmanites sp. Sheng 1934
Megistaspis sp. Jaanusson 1956
Megalaspides sp. Brögger 1886
Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae
Neseuretus sp. Hicks 1873
Pterobranchia - Dendroidea - Acanthograptidae
Dictyonema sp. Hall 1851
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Dichograptidae
Azygograptus sp. Nicholson and Lapworth 1875
Didymograptus sp. McCoy 1851
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:ShanXi County:NanZheng
Coordinates: 33.0° North, 106.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:16.2° North, 143.4° 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:Zhaojiaba
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray,green,yellow lithified silty "shale"
Secondary lithology: siltstone
Lithology description: grayish green to yellow green silty shale with siltstone and a thin bed of cherty conglomerate
Environment:shoreface
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Metadata
Database number:7887
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:P. Novack-Gottshall
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-06-05 06:04:04 Last modified:2000-06-05 09:04:04
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:35
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

483. Regional Stratigraphic Group of Shanxi Province. 1983. Regional stratigraphic table of Northwest China, Shanxi Province Part. Geological Publishing House, Beijing, China [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall]