Huanghuachang (Ordovician of China)

Where: Hubei, China (30.9° N, 111.4° E: paleocoordinates 8.9° N, 132.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Nemagraptus gracilis graptolite zone, Upper Member (Miaopo Formation), Sandbian (458.4 - 453.0 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J.-y. Rong, R.-b. Zhan, and D. A. T. Harper. 1999. Late Ordovician (Caradoc-Ashgill) Brachiopod Faunas with Foliomena Based on Data from China. Palaios 14:412-431 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 186305: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 19.06.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Protorthida - Skenidiidae
 Orthida - Orthidae
Sulcatorthis sulcata
1 collections
 Orthida - Glyptorthidae
Glyptorthis cataclina Zeng 1987
1 collections
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Dolerorthis hubeiensis
3 collections
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Dedzetina sp.
2 collections
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Foliomenidae
Foliomena jielingensis Zeng 1987
2 collections
 Strophomenida - Anoptambonitidae
Durranella sp. Percival 1979
1 collections
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Anisopleurella yichangensis Zeng 1987
2 collections
Eoplectodonta yichangensis Chang 1983
4 collections
 Strophomenida - Hesperomenidae
Kassinella sp. Borissiak 1956
3 collections
 Strophomenida - Grorudiidae
Diambonioidea transversa Zeng 1987
2 collections
 Strophomenida - Leptellinidae
 Strophomenida - Christianiidae
Christiania huanghuaensis Zeng 1983
3 collections
 Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
Bilobia yichangensis Zeng 1987
1 collections
Leangella yichangensis Chang 1983
3 collections
 Strophomenida - Aegiromenidae
Multiridgia elegans Zeng 1987
2 collections