Half mile west of Shang-kang-yao, 3 miles southeast Yen-Tai (Ordovician of China)

Where: Manchuria, China (41.4° N, 123.5° E: paleocoordinates 5.2° S, 130.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kangyao Formation, Arenig (478.6 - 466.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: R. Endo. 1932. The Canadian and Ordovician formations and fossils of South Manchuria. United States National Museum Bulletin 164:1-149 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 56136: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 12.11.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Orthidae
"Orthis calligramma" = Orthambonites calligramme
"Orthis calligramma" = Orthambonites calligramme Dalman 1828
calligramma orthambonites
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Holopeidae
"Eotomaria barbouri" = Raphistomina barbouri
"Eotomaria barbouri" = Raphistomina barbouri Grabau 1922 snail
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
"Lophospira yentaiensis n. sp." = Lophospira perangulata, "Lophospira aojii n. sp." = Lophospira perangulata, "Lophospira turritiformis n. sp." = Lophospira perangulata, "Lophospira selecta" = Lophospira selecta, "Lophospira grabaui n. sp." = Lophospira selecta, "Lophospira kangyaoensis n. sp." = Lophospira selecta, "Lophospira manchuriensis n. sp." = Lophospira rectistriata, "Solenospira sp." = Ectomaria, "Lophospira pagodai n. sp." = Donaldiella cicelia
"Lophospira yentaiensis n. sp." = Lophospira perangulata Hall 1847 snail
"Lophospira aojii n. sp." = Lophospira perangulata Hall 1847 snail
"Lophospira turritiformis n. sp." = Lophospira perangulata Hall 1847 snail
"Lophospira selecta" = Lophospira selecta Billings 1865 snail
"Lophospira grabaui n. sp." = Lophospira selecta Billings 1865 snail
"Lophospira kangyaoensis n. sp." = Lophospira selecta Billings 1865 snail
"Lophospira manchuriensis n. sp." = Lophospira rectistriata Raymond 1908 snail
"Solenospira sp." = Ectomaria Koken 1896 snail
"Lophospira pagodai n. sp." = Donaldiella cicelia Billings 1865 snail
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
"Eotomaria ulrichi n. sp." = Palaeoschisma ulrichi
"Eotomaria ulrichi n. sp." = Palaeoschisma ulrichi Endo 1932 snail