Miaopo Fm., HuangLing, Hubei Provinces, China (Ordovician of China)

Where: Hubei, China (31.0° N, 111.0° E: paleocoordinates 9.7° N, 133.1° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Miaopo Formation, Llandeilo (466.0 - 449.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified, black, green, yellow shale and limestone

• yellowish green to black shale with lens-shaped limestone

Primary reference: Stratigraphic Group of Central South China. 1974. Regional stratigraphic data of central South China. Geological Publishing House, Beijing, China [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 7725: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 31.05.2000

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Asaphida - Taihungshaniidae
Taihungshania sp. Sun 1931 trilobite
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Birmanites sp. Sheng 1934 trilobite
"Basiliella sp." = Basilicus (Basiliella) Kobayashi 1934 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Illaenus sp. Dalman 1827 trilobite
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Reedocalymene sp. Kobayashi 1951 trilobite
Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Diplograptidae
Orthograptus sp. Lapworth 1873 graptolite
Diplograptus sp. graptolite
 Graptoloidea - Lasiograptidae
Lasiograptus sp. Lapworth 1873 lasiograptid
 Graptoloidea - Climacograptidae
Climacograptus sp. Hall 1865 climacograptid
 Graptoloidea - Dicranograptidae
Nemagraptus sp. graptolite
 Graptoloidea - Retiolitidae