Tangshan (Silurian of China)

Where: Jiangsu, China (32.1° N, 119.1° E: paleocoordinates 3.1° S, 124.8° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Monoclimacis griestoniensis - Monoclimacis crenulata graptolite zone, Upper Member (Fentou Formation), Telychian (438.5 - 433.4 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, gray, green, yellow, argillaceous, silty siltstone

• grayish-yellow or green, argillaceous siltstone, silty argillite, some interbedded, fine-grained quartzite, and a few yellowish-green shales rich in fossils

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Y.-h. Xi. 1997. Gastropods from Fentou Formation of Jiangsu and Anhui provinces. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 36(2):238-244 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 56661: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 21.11.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Trochonematidae
Trochonema (Trochonema) fragile
Trochonema (Trochonema) fragile Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Ruedemannia sp.
Ruedemannia sp. Foerste 1914 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Trepospira sp., Leptozone esthetica
Trepospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Leptozone esthetica Perner 1907 snail
 Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae
"Hormotoma cingulata" = Catazone cingulata
"Hormotoma cingulata" = Catazone cingulata Hisinger 1829 snail
 Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
"Murchisonia cava" = Cyrtostropha cava, "Cyrtostropha cava" = Cyrtostropha cava, "Biangularia cf. attenuata" = Michelia whiteavesi
"Murchisonia cava" = Cyrtostropha cava Lindström 1884 snail
"Cyrtostropha cava" = Cyrtostropha cava Lindström 1884 snail
"Biangularia cf. attenuata" = Michelia whiteavesi Clarke and Ruedemann 1903 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Tropidodiscus cf. yimgantauensis" = Joleaudella yimgantauensis
"Tropidodiscus cf. yimgantauensis" = Joleaudella yimgantauensis Yü 1961 snail
Yu
 Euomphalina - Holopeidae
Raphistomina rhombistoma
 Euomphalina - Craspedostomatidae
Umbonellina cf. globulosa
 Euomphalina - Oriostomatidae
Oriostoma sp.
Oriostoma sp. Munier-Chalmas 1876 snail