Arenig to Llandeilo section, YuDu, ZhengBa Co., ShanXi Prov., China: Arenig - Late Llandeilo, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Diplograptidae
Orthograptus sp. Lapworth 1873
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Paurorthidae
Nereidella sp.
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rafinesquina sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae
Calymenesum sp. (Kobayashi 1951)
Trilobita - Asaphida - Taihungshaniidae
Taihungshania sp. Sun 1931
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Eoisotelus sp. Wang 1938
Ptychopyge sp. Angelin 1854
Basiliella sp. Kobayashi 1934
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Illaenus sp. Dalman 1827
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:ShanXi County:ZhengBa
Coordinates: 33.0° North, 108.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:12.6° North, 138.7° East
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Ordovician
10 m.y. bin: Ordovician 2 - Ordovician 3
*Period:Early/Lower Ordovician - Middle Ordovician
*International age/stage:Early/Lower Arenig - Late/Upper Llandeilo
Key time interval: Arenig - Late Llandeilo
Age range of interval: 477.7 - 458.4 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Arenig to Llandeilo strata
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray,green,yellow lithified calcareous sandstone
Secondary lithology: "shale"
Lithology description: sandstone and yellow green shale with gray limestone, sometimes brecciated
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:species names
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:7919
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:P. Novack-Gottshall
Modifier:P. Novack-Gottshall Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-06-08 03:58:47 Last modified:2003-07-18 18:01:39
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]