Where: Xinjian, China (41.2° N, 87.6° E: paleocoordinates 31.5° S, 118.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Dicellograptus complexus graptolite zone, Yinpingshan Formation, Katian (453.0 - 445.2 Ma)
• Overlies Yuanbaoshan formation. Unit 4 within formation.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; red, silty, calcareous mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. B. Zhan, J. Y. Rong, J. S. Jin, Y. Liang, W. W. Yuan, Y. D. Zhang, and Y. Wang. 2014. Discovery of a Late Ordovician Foliomena fauna in the Tarim desert, Northwest China. Palaeoworld 23:125-142 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 185170: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 14.04.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Lingulata | |
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? Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847 | |
| Rhynchonellata | |
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? Rostricellula sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1942 | |
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? Anazyga sp. Davidson 1882 | |
| Strophomenata | |
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Sericoidea minuta Zhan et al. 2014 | |
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Kassinella tarimensis Zhan et al. 2014 | |
| Trilobita | |
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Nankinolithus sp. Lu 1957 trilobite | |
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Ampyxinella sp. Korleva 1959 trilobite
Taklamakania sp. Zhang 1980 trilobite | |
| Pterobranchia | |
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Dicellograptus ornatus Elles and Wood 1904 graptolite | |
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"Amplexograptus latus" = Anticostia lata Elles and Wood 1906 graptolite
Rectograptus obesus graptolite
Rectograptus abbreviatus Elles and Wood 1907 graptolite | |