Daping section, Fenxiang, sample CF3: Tremadocian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata - Billingsellida - Polytoechiidae
Tritoechia sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1936
Stenolaemata - Trepostomata - Aisenvergiidae
Nekhorosheviella semisphaerica n. sp. Xia et al. 2007
Orbiramus ovalis Xia et al. 2007
Orbiramus minus n. sp. Xia et al. 2007
Orbiramus normalis Xia et al. 2007
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Hubei
Coordinates: 30.9° North, 111.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:16.6° North, 143.5° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Early/Lower Ordovician
Stage:Tremadocian 10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 1
Key time interval:Tremadocian
Age range of interval:485.40000 - 477.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Fenxiang
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: 57.30 m above the base
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: bryozoan-dominated bioherm
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 1751
Database number:99749
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-11-20 02:04:06 Last modified:2010-11-19 09:04:06
Access level:the public Released:2010-11-20 02:04:06
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
34293. F. S. Xia, S. G. Zhang, and Z. Z. Wang. 2007. The oldest bryozoans: new evidence from the Late Tremadocian (Early Ordovician) of East Yangtze Gorges in China. Journal of Paleontology 81(6):1308-1326 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]