GuLang Fm., GuLangXia and GuLang Counties, GanSu Prov., China (Ordovician to of China)

Where: GanSu, China (38.0° N, 102.0° E: paleocoordinates 26.5° S, 118.2° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Gulang Formation, Soudleyan to Soudleyan (458.4 - 454.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified dolomite and limestone

• light red dolomite and blue gray to gray white limestone

Primary reference: Stratigraphic Group of Quing Hai Province. 1980. Regional stratigraphic tables of the north western China region: Volume of NinXia Province. Geological Publishing House, Beijing, China [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 8561: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 02.08.2000, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Brachyellasma sp., Leptotium sp.
Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Climacograptidae
Climacograptus sp.
Climacograptus sp. Hall 1865 climacograptid
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Cliftonia sp.
Cliftonia sp. Foerste 1909
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Sowerbyella sp., Anisopleurella sp.
Sowerbyella sp. Jones 1928
Anisopleurella sp. Cooper 1956
 Strophomenida - Leptellinidae
Leptellina sp.
Leptellina sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1936
 Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
Oepikina sp.
Oepikina sp. Salmon 1942
 Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Strophomena sp.
Strophomena sp. Rafinesque and De Blainville 1824
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Camerellidae
Stenocamara sp.
Stenocamara sp. Cooper 1956
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Plectatrypa sp.
Plectatrypa sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1930
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Rostricellula sp.
Rostricellula sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1942
 Orthida - Productorthidae
Nicolella sp.
Nicolella sp. Reed 1917
 Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Platystrophia sp.
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Rhinoporidae
Lichenalia sp.
Lichenalia sp. Hall 1851
Cephalopoda
 Barrandeocerida - Barrandeoceratidae
Centrocyrtoceras sp.
Centrocyrtoceras sp. Foerste 1933
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae
Tropidodiscidae sp.
Tropidodiscidae sp. Knight 1956 snail
 Euomphalina -
Euomphalina sp.
Euomphalina sp. de Koninck 1881 snail
 Euomphalina - Macluritidae
Maclurites sp.
Maclurites sp. Le Sueur 1818 snail
 Euomphalina - Ophiletidae
Ecculiomphalus sp.
Ecculiomphalus sp. Portlock 1843 snail
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Styginidae
Scutellum sp.
Scutellum sp. Pusch 1833 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Illaenus sp.
Illaenus sp. Dalman 1827 trilobite
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Basilicus sp., Isoteloides sp.
Basilicus sp. Salter 1849 trilobite
Isoteloides sp. Raymond 1910 trilobite
 Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Remopleurides sp.
Remopleurides sp. Portlock 1843 trilobite
 Lichida - Lichidae
Lichas sp.
Lichas sp. Dalman 1827 trilobite
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Stauriidae
Favistella sp.
Favistella sp. Dana 1846 horn coral
 Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Streptelasma sp.
Streptelasma sp. Hall 1847 horn coral
Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
Stromatopora sp.
Stromatopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 stromatoporoid sponge
Demospongiae
 Chaetetida - Cryptolichenariidae
? Amsassia sp.
? Amsassia sp. Sokolov and Mironova 1959 chaetetid sponge