QiErQiKe Fm., Peacock River, WeiLi Co., XinJiang Prov., China (Ordovician of China)

Where: XinJiang, China (41.0° N, 86.0° E: paleocoordinates 29.6° S, 121.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: QiErQiKe Formation, Llandeilo (461.1 - 458.4 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray, green, sandy mudstone and argillaceous siltstone

• Grayish-green sandy mudstone and muddy siltstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: Y. S. Zhang. 1981. Stratigraphic table of northwestern region of China: XinJiang Province part. Geological Publishing House, Beijing, China (Original source resides with A. Miller) [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 20810: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 07.06.2002

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Paracybeloides sp.
Paracybeloides sp. Hupé 1955 trilobite
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Ogygites sp.
Ogygites sp. Tromelin and Lebescote 1876 trilobite
 Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Ampyx sp., Lonchodomas sp.
Ampyx sp. Dalman 1827 trilobite
Lonchodomas sp. Angelin 1854 trilobite
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Ophiletidae
Ophileta sp.
Ophileta sp. Vanuxem 1842 snail
Bivalvia
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Modiolopsis sp.
Modiolopsis sp. Hall 1847 clam
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp.
Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797
Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Retiolitidae
Glyptograptus sp.
 Graptoloidea - Diplograptidae
Amplexograptus sp., Orthograptus sp.
Orthograptus sp. Lapworth 1873 graptolite