Upper section, GuNiuTan Fm., GaoLunChun, JuRong Co., JiangSu Prov., China: Late Llanvirn, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Lingulata - Acrotretida - Acrotretidae
Spondylotreta sp. Cooper 1956
Rhynchonellata - Protorthida - Skenidiidae
Skenidioides sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Glyptorthidae
Lepidorthis sp. Wang 1955
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Archaeorthidae
Nothorthis sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1938
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Harknessellidae
Horderleyella sp. Bancroft 1928
Cephalopoda - Endocerida - Endoceratidae
Dideroceras sp. Flower 1950
Cephalopoda - Lituitida - Sinoceratidae
Rhynchorthoceras sp. Remelé 1882
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida
Paradnatoceras sp.
unclassified
Archiageisonoceras sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:JiangSu County:JuRong
Coordinates: 32.0° North, 119.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:4.5° North, 132.2° East
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Ordovician Epoch: Middle Ordovician
Stage: Darriwilian 10 m.y. bin: Ordovician 3
*Period:Middle Ordovician *Epoch:Late/Upper Llanvirn
*International age/stage:Late/Upper Llanvirn
Key time interval: Late Llanvirn
Age range of interval: 461.3 - 458.4 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Guniutan
Local section:Upper
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray,yellow lithified lime mudstone
Lithology description: gray to grayish yellow mud limestone
Environment:deep subtidal shelf
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:species names
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:7938
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:P. Novack-Gottshall
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-06-08 18:18:35 Last modified:2000-06-08 21:18:35
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:35
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

482. X. Chen, T. E. Chen, X. P. Zhou, J. Y. Qiu, Y. N. Ni and X. C. Yang. 1988. Ordovician system of the Lower Yangtze region in Jiangsu Province. Sinian-Triassic biostratigraphy of the Lower Yangtze peneplatform in Jiangsu Region 81-126 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/M. Uhen]