Zs6b: Gisbornian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Collis cf. parvulus
Collis rostratus n. sp.
Conodonta - Prioniodontida
Phragmodus sp. Branson and Mehl 1933
Aphelognathus sp.
Trilobita - Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Remopleurides sp. Portlock 1843
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Basilicus (Basiliella) sp. (Kobayashi 1934)
Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Bulbaspis brevis n. sp.
Trilobita - Trinucleida - Dionididae
Dionide sp. Barrande 1847
Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae
Amphilichas sp. Raymond 1905
Trilobita - Proetida - Telephinidae
Phorocephala sp. Lu 1965
Trilobita - Harpetida - Harpetidae
informal Harpetidae indet. Hawle and Corda 1847
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Illaenidae
informal Illaenidae indet. Hawle and Corda 1847
Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Erratencrinurus (Erratencrinurus) ejinensis n. sp.
Prophysemataspis zhengi n. sp.
original and current combination Physemataspis (Prophysemataspis)
Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
informal Cheiruridae indet. Hawle and Corda 1847
Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae
Pliomerina rigida Kolobova 1972
Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae
Flexicalymene peregrina n. sp. Zhou and Zhou 2006
see common names

Geography
Country:China
Coordinates: 41.7° North, 102.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:21.1° South, 131.8° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 4-5
Key time interval:Gisbornian Conodont zone: Belodina compressa - Phragmodus undatus
Age range of interval:458.40000 - 452.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Badainjaran
Local section:outcrop 1 section Local bed:280 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: sampled from 55 meters into unit 9
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal lithified sandy "limestone"
Secondary lithology:gray lithified calcareous sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Purplish-grey, thin-bedded, calcareous, fine-grained sublitharenite intercalated with medium-bedded, sandy bioclastic limestone.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:NIGPAS
Taxonomic list comments:Also contains brachiopods and corals. Conodonts identified by An Taixiang.
Metadata
Database number:187887
Authorizer:M. Hopkins Enterer:M. Hopkins
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2017-08-15 13:53:07 Last modified:2018-04-10 21:26:22
Access level:the public Released:2017-08-15 13:53:07
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

63045. Z. Q. Zhou and Z. Y. Zhou. 2006. Late Ordovician trilobites from the Zhusilenghaierhan area, Ejin Banner, western Inner Mongolia, China. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 32:383-411 [M. Hopkins/M. Hopkins]