Beds 52-54, Guangyingqiao Mbr, Wufeng Fm., Huanghuachang and Yiching, Hubei Prov: Wufeng, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Spenotreta sp.
Trilobita - Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Dalmanitina sp. Reed 1905
Trilobita - Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Platycoryphe sp. Foerste 1919
Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae
Neseuretus sp. Hicks 1873
Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Leonaspis sp. Richter and Richter 1917
Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Craniata - Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
Sanxiaella sp.
synonym of Pseudopholidops
Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae
Acanthocrania sp. Williams 1943
Philhedra sp. Koken 1889
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Aegiromenidae
Aegiria sp. Opik 1933
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Glyptomenidae
Paromalomena sp. Rong 1984
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Aphanomena sp. Bergstrom 1968
synonym of Eostropheodonta
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rafinesquina sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828
Leptaenopoma sp. Marek and Havlíček 1967
synonym of Leptaena
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Triplesia sp. Hall 1859
Cliftonia sp. Foerste 1909
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Fardenia sp. Lamont 1935
Coolinia sp. Bancroft 1949
spelled with current rank as Fardenia (Coolinia)
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristellidae
Hindella sp. Davidson 1882
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Plectothyrella sp. Temple 1965
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Draboviidae
Draborthis sp. Marek and Havlíček 1967
Drabovia sp. Havlicek 1950
Kinnella sp. Bergström 1968
Hirnantia sp. Lamont 1935
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Onniella sp. Bancroft 1928
Dalmanella sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Mirorthis sp.
Trucizetina sp.
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Wangyuiidae
Toxorthis sp.
Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Modiolopsis sp. Hall 1847
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Michelinoceras sp. Foerste 1932
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Hubei
Coordinates: 33.0° North, 111.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:5.3° North, 131.1° East
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 5
*Period:Late/Upper Ordovician *Epoch:Late/Upper Ashgill
*International age/stage:Hirnantian *Local age/stage:Late/Upper Wufeng
Key time interval:Wufeng
Age range of interval:449.50000 - 443.70000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Wufeng Member:Guangyingqiao
Local bed:52-54
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray,yellow lithified silty "shale"
Environment:offshore
Geology comments: Yellow-gray to gray silty mudstone
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:4687
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:P. Novack-Gottshall
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-08-17 12:00:35 Last modified:1999-08-17 15:00:35
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:23
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

287. X. Wang, L. Xian, S. Ni, Q. Zheng, G. Xu, T. Zhou, C. Lai and Z. Li. 1987. Biostratigraphy of the Yangtze Gorge Area. Part (2) Early Paleozoic Era. Geological Publishing House, Beijing 43-142 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall]