BaoTa (Pagoda) Fm., GaoQiao, ZhengBa Co., ShanXi Prov., China (Ordovician to of China)

Where: ShanXi, China (33.0° N, 108.0° E: paleocoordinates 9.9° N, 135.2° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Baota Formation, Longvillian to Longvillian (457.2 - 454.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified, gray, green, yellow lime mudstone and shale

• light gray muddy limestone with yellowish green sheety shale and occasional pyritic spots

Primary reference: Regional Stratigraphic Group of Shanxi Province. 1983. Regional stratigraphic table of Northwest China, Shanxi Province Part. Geological Publishing House, Beijing, China [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 7918: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 08.06.2000

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Taxonomic list

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Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
"Pseudoanisopleurella sp." = Anisopleurella
"Pseudoanisopleurella sp." = Anisopleurella Cooper 1956
 Strophomenida - Foliomenidae
Foliomena sp.
Foliomena sp. Havlicek 1952
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Ptychopleurella sp.
Ptychopleurella sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
Cephalopoda
 Tarphycerida - Trocholitidae
Discoceras sp.
Discoceras sp. Barrande 1867
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Michelinoceras sp., Sinoceras sp.
Michelinoceras sp. Foerste 1932
Sinoceras sp. Shimizu et al. 1935
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Sinuitidae
Modestospira sp.
Modestospira sp. Yochelson 1964 snail
  - Opisthonematidae
Opisthonema sp.
Opisthonema sp. Yu 1974 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Praenuculidae
Similodonta sp.
Similodonta sp. Soot-Ryen 1964 clam
 Solemyida - Ctenodontidae
Ctenodonta sp.
Ctenodonta sp. Salter 1852 clam
 Modiomorphida - Allodesmatidae
Allodesma sp.
Allodesma sp. Ulrich 1894 clam
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia sp.
Edmondia sp. de Koninck 1841 clam
Ostracoda
 Hollinocopida - Euprimitiidae
Euprimitia sp.
 Leperditellocopida - Aparchitidae
Aparchites sp.
 Podocopida - Beecherellidae
Platyrhomboides sp.
 Podocopida - Bythocyprididae
Bythocypris sp.
Bythocypris sp. Brady 1880 ostracod
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Krausella sp.
Krausella sp. ostracod
 Podocopida -
Octonaria sp.
Octonaria sp. Jones 1887 ostracod
Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Metagnostidae
Geragnostus sp., Trinodus sp.
Geragnostus sp. Howell 1935
Trinodus sp. M'Coy 1846
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Styginidae
Paraphillipsinella sp.
 Phacopida - Pliomeridae
"Hammatocnemis sp." = Ovalocephalus
"Hammatocnemis sp." = Ovalocephalus Koroleva 1959 trilobite
 Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Remopleurides sp.
Remopleurides sp. Portlock 1843 trilobite