YaoMoShan Fm., DongDaYao and YuMen Cities, GanSu Prov., China: Caradoc, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Demospongiae - Chaetetida - Cryptolichenariidae
? Amsassia sp. Sokolov and Mironova 1959
Trilobita - Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Remopleurides sp. Portlock 1843
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Isoteloides sp. Raymond 1910
Megistaspis sp. Jaanusson 1956
Pseudobasilicus sp. Reed 1930
Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Ampyx sp. (Dalman 1827)
original and current combination Asaphus (Ampyx)
Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae
Pliomerina sp. Chugaeva 1956
Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Oedicybele sp. Whittington 1938
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Illaenus sp. Dalman 1827
Trilobita - Proetida - Dimeropygidae
Toernquistia sp. Reed 1896
Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae
Amphilichas sp. Raymond 1905
Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptellinidae
Leptelloidea sp. Jones 1928
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Strophomena sp. Rafinesque and De Blainville 1824
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828
Strophomenata - Billingsellida - Clitambonitidae
Clitambonites sp. Pander 1830
Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Amplexoporidae
Monotrypa sp. Nicholson 1879
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Rhinoporidae
Lichenalia sp. Hall 1851
Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae
Cyrtodonta sp. Billings 1858
Pterobranchia - Dendroidea - Acanthograptidae
Callograptus sp.
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Retiolitidae
Glyptograptus sp.
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Diplograptidae
Amplexograptus sp.
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Dicranograptidae
Dicranograptus sp. (Hall 1865)
original and current combination Climacograptus (Dicranograptus)
Dicellograptus sp. Hopkinson 1871
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Climacograptidae
Climacograptus sp. Hall 1865
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:GanSu
Coordinates: 40.0° North, 99.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:26.9° South, 114.8° East
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 4
*Period:Late/Upper Ordovician *Epoch:Caradoc
Key time interval:Caradoc
Age range of interval:460.90000 - 449.50000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Yaomoshan
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:black,gray lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: dark gray to black limestone
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:species names
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:8565
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:P. Novack-Gottshall
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-08-02 09:21:24 Last modified:2000-08-02 12:21:24
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:38
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

526. Stratigraphic Group of Quing Hai Province. 1980. Regional stratigraphic tables of the north western China region: Volume of NinXia Province. Geological Publishing House, Beijing, China [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall]