AFI 4011. Chenjiahe section (Ordovician of China)

Where: Hubei, China (30.9° N, 111.4° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 15.1° S, 86.9° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Exigraptus clavus graptolite zone, 3 Member (Dawan Formation), Dapingian (471.3 - 469.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; argillaceous limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Zhan, J. Jin, and P. Chen. 2007. Brachiopod diversification during the Early–Mid Ordovician: an example from the Dawan Formation, Yichang area, central China. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 44:9-24 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 186112: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 14.06.2017

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Glyptorthidae
 Pentamerida - Clarkellidae
"Yangtzeella poloi" = Yangtzeella (Yangtzeella) poloi
"Yangtzeella poloi" = Yangtzeella (Yangtzeella) poloi Martelli 1901
 Protorthida - Skenidiidae
Strophomenata
 Billingsellida - Gonambonitidae