Hongshiya Fm., YongRen, YongRen Co., YunNan Prov., China: Arenig, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp. BruguiƩre 1797
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Orthidae
Sinorthis sp.
Trilobita - Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
Ningkianolithus sp. Lu 1954
Trilobita - Asaphida - Taihungshaniidae
Taihungshania sp. Sun 1931
Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae
Neseuretus sp. Hicks 1873
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Dichograptidae
Didymograptus sp. McCoy 1851
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:YunNan County:YongRen
Coordinates: 26.0° North, 102.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:23.3° North, 139.8° East
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Ordovician
10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 2
*Period:Early/Lower Ordovician *Epoch:Early/Lower Arenig
*International age/stage:Early/Lower Arenig
Key time interval:Arenig
Age range of interval:477.70000 - 468.40000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Hongsiya
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray,green,red or brown lithified sandstone
Secondary lithology: "shale"
Lithology description: purplish red to grayish green to grayish white quartz sandstone and shale
Environment:shoreface
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:species names
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:7742
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:P. Novack-Gottshall
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-06-01 12:13:12 Last modified:2000-06-01 15:13:12
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:35
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

478. Stratigraphic Group of Yunnan, China. 1978. Regional stratigraphic data of Southwest China, Yunnan Province. Geological Publishing House, Beijing, China [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall]