Linxiang Fm., HuangLing, Hubei Provinces, China: Marshbrookian - Onnian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Trilobita - Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
Nankinolithus sp. Lu 1957
Trilobita - Proetida - Otarionidae
Otarion sp. Zenker 1833
Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Sphaerexochus sp. Beyrich 1845
Trilobita - Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Dalmanitina sp. Reed 1905
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Illaenus sp. Dalman 1827
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Hubei
Coordinates: 31.0° North, 111.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:8.2° North, 131.4° East
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
*Period:Late/Upper Ordovician *Epoch:Middle Caradoc - Late/Upper Caradoc
*International age/stage:Marshbrookian - Onnian *Local age/stage:Linxiang
Key time interval:Marshbrookian - Onnian
Age range of interval:455.20000 - 449.60000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Linxiang
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray,green,yellow lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology: lime mudstone
Lithology description: grayish green to grayish yellow limestone and muddy limestone
Environment:deep subtidal shelf
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:species names
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:7722
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:P. Novack-Gottshall
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-05-31 08:39:50 Last modified:2000-05-31 11:39:50
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:35
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

477. Stratigraphic Group of Central South China. 1974. Regional stratigraphic data of central South China. Geological Publishing House, Beijing, China [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall]