Lower section, Dawan Fm., NingLang, NingLang Co., YunNan Prov., China: Dawan, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Dichograptidae
Didymograptus sp. McCoy 1851
Pterobranchia - Dendroidea - Dendrograptidae
Ptilograptus sp.
Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae
Lingulepis sp. Hall 1863
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
Metorthis sp.
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Orthidae
Orthis sp. Dalman 1828
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:YunNan County:NingLang
Coordinates: 27.0° North, 101.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:23.6° North, 141.7° East
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Ordovician
10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 1-2
*Period:Early/Lower Ordovician *Epoch:Early/Lower Arenig
*International age/stage:Early/Lower Arenig *Local age/stage:Early/Lower Dawan
Key time interval:Dawan
Age range of interval:477.90000 - 466.30000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Dawan
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray,green,red or brown lithified sandstone
Secondary lithology: "shale"
Lithology description: feldspar-rich quartz sandstone and grayish green shale at top; gray to grayish white quartz sandstone and grayish green to purplish red shale
Environment:transition zone/lower shoreface
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:species names
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:7746
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:P. Novack-Gottshall
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-06-01 12:13:52 Last modified:2000-06-01 15:13:52
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:35
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

478. Stratigraphic Group of Yunnan, China. 1978. Regional stratigraphic data of Southwest China, Yunnan Province. Geological Publishing House, Beijing, China [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall]