AFL 161 Dakengwu (upper beds) (Silurian of China)

Where: ZheJiang, China (29.5° N, 118.9° E: paleocoordinates 0.4° S, 123.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Akidograptus ascensus graptolite zone, Anji Formation, Rhuddanian (443.4 - 440.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, silty limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J.-Y. Rong and R.-B. Zhan. 2006. Surviving the end-Ordovician extinctions: evidence from the earliest Silurian brachiopods of northeastern Jiangxi and western Zhejiang provinces, East China. Lethaia 39(1):39-48 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 151946: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 23.10.2013

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
 Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
? Paracraniops sp., "Paracraniops cf. pararia" = Paracraniops pararius
? Paracraniops sp. Williams 1963
"Paracraniops cf. pararia" = Paracraniops pararius Williams 1962
Was 2
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
 Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Fardenia (Fardenia) flexa Rong et al. 2013
Was 5
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) boucoti n. sp. Rong et al. 2013
Was 2
 Strophomenida - Eopholidostrophiidae
 Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
Katastrophomena zheganensis Rong et al. 2013
Was 129
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
? Kiaeromena sp. Spjeldnaes 1957
Leptaena rugosa Dalman 1828
Was 42
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Virgianidae
Brevilamnulella kjerulfi Kiaer 1902
Was 34
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
Hindella crassa Sowerby 1839
 Atrypida - Atrypinidae
Eospirigerina putilla Hall and Clarke 1894
Was 55
 Protorthida - Skenidiidae
 Rhynchonellida -
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
 Orthida -
Orthida "indet. 1" Schuchert and Cooper 1932
Orthida "indet. 2" Schuchert and Cooper 1932
 Orthida - Draboviidae
Salopina sp. Boucot 1960
 Orthida - Dicoelosiidae
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Levenea llandoveriana Williams 1951
Was 89
 Orthida - Glyptorthidae
 Orthida - Cathaysiorthidae
Cathaysiorthis yushanensis Zeng and Hu 1997
Was 40
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae
 Orthida - Plectorthidae
Plectorthidae indet. Schuchert and Le Vene 1929
? Plectorthis sp. Hall and Clarke 1892