XiReHaDa Group, XiReHaDa and EJiNaQi Counties, GanSu Prov., China (Ordovician to of China)

Where: GanSu, China (42.0° N, 101.0° E: paleocoordinates 23.1° S, 128.9° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Soudleyan to Soudleyan (458.4 - 449.5 Ma)

• XiReHaDa Group

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, gray, yellow, silty sandstone and carbonate

• yellowish green feldspar-rich sandstone and siltstone at top, grayish white marble at bottom

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 8545: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 01.08.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Show authors, comments, and common names
Stromatoporoidea
 Actinostromatida - Actinostromatidae
Actinostroma sp.
Actinostroma sp. Nicholson 1886 stromatoporoid sponge
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Cyclonema sp.
Cyclonema sp. Hall 1852 snail
Strophomenata
 Billingsellida - Clitambonitidae
Clitambonites sp.
Clitambonites sp. Pander 1830
 Strophomenida - Leptellinidae
Leptellina sp.
Leptellina sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1936
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Camerellidae
Camerella sp.
Camerella sp. Billings 1859
 Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
Plaesiomys sp., Dinorthis sp.
Plaesiomys sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Dinorthis sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
 Orthida - Productorthidae
Nicolella sp.
Nicolella sp. Reed 1917
 Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Platystrophia sp.
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
Orthisocrania sp.
Orthisocrania sp. Rowell 1963
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomata - Heterotrypidae
Leioclema sp.
Leioclema sp. Ulrich 1882
Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Metagnostidae
Trinodus sp.
Trinodus sp. M'Coy 1846
Trilobita
 Asaphida - Cyclopygidae
Cyclopyge sp.
Cyclopyge sp. Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite
 Lichida - Lichidae
Amphilichas sp.
Amphilichas sp. Raymond 1905 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Bumastus sp., Illaenus sp.
Bumastus sp. Murchison 1839 trilobite
Illaenus sp. Dalman 1827 trilobite
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Parisoceraurus sp., Sphaerexochus sp., Paraceraurus sp.
Parisoceraurus sp. Zhou 1977 trilobite
Sphaerexochus sp. Beyrich 1845 trilobite
Paraceraurus sp. Männil 1958 trilobite
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
"Elbaspis sp." = Miraspis
"Elbaspis sp." = Miraspis Richter and Richter 1917 trilobite