Where: Xinjiang, China (36.0° N, 78.0° E: paleocoordinates 42.0° S, 106.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Wenquangou Formation, Llandovery to Llandovery (443.4 - 427.4 Ma)

• Except where otherwise stated, ref. 7624 uses Lower Silurian as equivalent to Llandovery, Middle Silurian as equivalent to Wenlock, and Upper Silurian as equivalent to Ludlow plus Pridoli. "This formation lies disconformably on the Middle Ordovician. Shelly fossils recovered from the upper part of the formation...suggest and Early to Middle Silurian age."

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray limestone and gray, green shale

Primary reference: E.-z. Mu, A. J. Boucot, X. Chen and J.-y. Rong. 1986. Correlation of the Silurian rocks of China. In A. J. Boucot and W. B. N. Berry (eds.), Geological Society of America Special Paper 202:1-80 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 27885: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 15.01.2003

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