AFI1680. Shizigou Valley (Ordovician of China)

Where: Yunnan, China (27.9° N, 105.0° E: paleocoordinates 17.3° N, 135.4° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Glyptograptus teretiusculus graptolite zone, Shihtzupu Formation, Darriwilian (467.3 - 458.4 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, silty, calcareous mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Zhan and J. Jin. 2005. Brachiopods from the Middle Orodvician Shihtzupu Formation of Yunnan Province, China. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 50(2):365-393 [S. Peters/S. Peters/S. Peters]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 54187: authorized by Shanan Peters, entered by Shanan Peters on 26.09.2005, edited by John Alroy

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Protorthida - Skenidiidae
Protoskenidioides weixinensis n. sp.
 Orthida - Productorthidae
Saucrorthis minor
 Orthida - Archaeorthidae
Nothorthis perplexa
Nothorthis perplexa Xu and Liu 1984
 Orthida - Orthidae
? Sulevorthis sp.
? Sulevorthis sp. Jaanusson and Bassett 1993
 Orthida - Glyptorthidae
Glyptorthis sarcina n. sp.
Glyptorthis sarcina n. sp. Zhan and Jin 2005
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Onniella sp.
Onniella sp. Bancroft 1928
 Pentamerida - Porambonitidae
Porambonites transversus
Strophomenata
 Billingsellida - Polytoechiidae
Peritritoechia ? imbricatia, Martellia ichangensis, Tritoechia sp.
Tritoechia sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1936
 Strophomenida -
Strophomenida sp., Strophomenida sp. n. gen. n. sp.
Strophomenida sp. n. gen. n. sp. Opik 1934
 Strophomenida - Grorudiidae
Calyptolepta huanghuaensis
 Strophomenida - Leptellinidae
Leptellinidae "indet. A", Leptellinidae "indet. B", Leptellina sp., Leptellina spatiosa n. sp.
Leptellinidae "indet. A" Ulrich and Cooper 1936
Leptellinidae "indet. B" Ulrich and Cooper 1936
Leptellina sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1936
Leptellina spatiosa n. sp. Zhan and Jin 2005
 Strophomenida - Taffiidae
Halirhachis leonina n. gen. n. sp.
Halirhachis leonina n. gen. n. sp. Brunton and Lazarev 1997
 Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
Leptestiina veturna n. sp.