Godoo-am: Arenig - Early/Lower Llanvirn, South Korea

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Bisonocerida - Manchuroceratidae
Manchuroceras hanense n. sp.
possibly not the original combination
see common names

Geography
Country:South Korea State/province:Kangweondo (Gangwon-do) County:Yeongwol
Coordinates: 37.2° North, 128.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.4° South, 135.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:hand sample
Time
Period:Ordovician
Key time interval:Arenig - Early/Lower Llanvirn
Age range of interval:477.70000 - 461.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Taebaek Formation:Maggol
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: The Maggol Formation is a subunit of the Taebaek Group and is Arenigian to earliest Llanvirnian in age (see Woo & Chough, 2005, Geosci. J. 11(4)).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Secondary lithology: dolomite
Lithology description: For lithologies of the Maggol Formation of the Taebaeksan Basin see Woo (1999, Geosci. J. 3(3)).
Environment:peritidal Tectonic setting:cratonic basin
Geology comments: The Maggol Formation comprises peritidal cycles with deposits representing shallow subtidal to supratidal facies (Woo, 1999).
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Sangdong; Taebaeksan Basin
Database number:89544
Authorizer:B. Kröger Enterer:T. Liebrecht
Modifier:T. Liebrecht Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-05-30 17:26:17 Last modified:2009-05-30 20:55:55
Access level:the public Released:2009-05-30 17:26:17
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
30014. C.-S. Yun. 1999. Ordovician cephalopods from the Maggol Formation of Korea. Paleontological Research 3(3):202-221 [B. Kröger/T. Liebrecht/T. Liebrecht]