Units 43-44, Miaopo Fm., Huanghuachang and Yiching, Hubei Prov., China: Costonian - Harnagian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Conodonta - Prioniodontida - Strachanognathidae
Scabbardella sp. Orchard 1980
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Climacograptidae
Pseudoclimacograptus sp.
Climacograptus sp. Hall 1865
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Dicranograptidae
Dicellograptus sp. Hopkinson 1871
Nemagraptus sp.
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Diplograptidae
Orthograptus sp. Lapworth 1873
Cephalopoda - Lituitida - Lituitidae
Lituites sp. Bertrand 1763
Cyclolituites sp. Remelé 1886
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
Leangella sp. Opik 1933
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Grorudiidae
Diambonioidea sp. Zeng 1987
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Christianiidae
Christiania sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Eoplectodonta sp. Kozlowski 1929
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Hesperomenidae
Anoptambonites sp. Williams 1962
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Foliomenidae
Jielingia sp.
synonym of Foliomena
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Glyptorthidae
Glyptorthis sp. Foerste 1914
Lingulata - Acrotretida - Acrotretidae
Acrotreta sp. Kutorga 1848
Agnostida - Metagnostidae
Trinodus sp. M'Coy 1846
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Birmanites sp. Sheng 1934
Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Ampyx sp. (Dalman 1827)
original and current combination Asaphus (Ampyx)
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Illaenus sp. Dalman 1827
Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Atractopyge sp. Hawle and Corda 1847
Ostracoda - Hollinocopida - Euprimitiidae
Euprimitia sp.
Ostracoda - Hollinocopida - Tvaerenellidae
Euprimites sp. Hessland 1949
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Hubei
Coordinates: 33.0° North, 111.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:8.7° North, 134.9° East
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
Stage:Sandbian 10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 4
*Period:Middle Ordovician *Epoch:Early/Lower Caradoc
*International age/stage:Costonian - Harnagian
Key time interval:Costonian - Harnagian
Age range of interval:458.40000 - 457.40000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Miaopo Local bed:43-44
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified silty "shale"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:4708
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:P. Novack-Gottshall
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-08-17 17:41:10 Last modified:1999-08-17 20:41:10
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]