Wan-wan-kou dolomite at Wan-wan-kou valley in the Niuhsintai basin ( of South Korea)

Where: Hwanghae-namdo, South Korea (38.3° N, 125.4° E: paleocoordinates 2.0° S, 138.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Wan-wan-kou Formation, Cressagian (486.5 - 482.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, gray dolomite

• Dark gray dolomite

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: T. Kobayashi. 1933. Faunal study of the Wanwanian (basal Ordovician) series with special notes on the Ribeiridae and the Ellesmereoceroids. Journal of the Faculty of Science Imperial University of Tokyo Section II Geology, Mineralogy, Geography, Seismology 3(7):249-328 [P. Wagner/K. Koverman/K. Koverman]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 39398: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Kimberly Koverman on 27.05.2004, edited by Pete Wagner and Björn Kröger

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Paragastropoda
 Mimospirida - Clisospiridae
 Mimospirida - Onychochilidae
Scaevogyra naticaformis Kobayashi 1933
Scaevogyra ulrichi Kobayashi 1933
Matherella walcotti Kobayashi 1933
Rostroconchia
 Conocardiida - Eopteriidae
Wanwanella wanwanensis, "Wanwanoidea trigonalis" = Wanwanella trigonalis, "Wanwanella tumida" = Wanwanella trigonalis, Wanwanella striata, "Euchasmella multistriata" = Euchasma multistriata, Euchasma eopteriformis, Eopteria alta, Eopteria flora n. sp., "Eopteria asiatica" = Eopteria asiatica, "Eopteria obsolata" = Eopteria asiatica, Pseudoeuchasma typica
Wanwanella wanwanensis Kobayashi 1933
"Wanwanoidea trigonalis" = Wanwanella trigonalis Kobayashi 1933
"Wanwanella tumida" = Wanwanella trigonalis Kobayashi 1933
Wanwanella striata Kobayashi 1933
"Euchasmella multistriata" = Euchasma multistriata Kobayashi 1933
Euchasma eopteriformis Kobayashi 1933
Eopteria alta Kobayashi 1933
Eopteria flora n. sp. Kobayashi 1933
"Eopteria asiatica" = Eopteria asiatica Kobayashi 1933
"Eopteria obsolata" = Eopteria asiatica Kobayashi 1933
Pseudoeuchasma typica Kobayashi 1933
 Ribeirioida - Technophoridae
Ribeiria bassleri Kobayashi 1933
Ribeiria manchurica Kobayashi 1933
 Ribeirioida - Ischyriniidae
 Ribeirioida - Ribeiriidae
Wanwania compressa Kobayashi 1933
Wanwania ambonychiformis Kobayashi 1933
Gastropoda
 Eogastropoda - Sinuopeidae
"Helicotoma wanwanensis" = Schizopea wanwanensis
"Helicotoma wanwanensis" = Schizopea wanwanensis Kobayashi 1933 snail
Tergomya
 Tryblidiida - Tryblidiidae
"? Propilina sp." = Proplina, Proplina ampla
"? Propilina sp." = Proplina Kobayashi 1933
Proplina ampla Kobayashi 1933
 Tryblidiida -
"Proplina bridgei" = Ellsworthoconus bridgei
"Proplina bridgei" = Ellsworthoconus bridgei Kobayashi 1933
 Scenelloidea - Scenellidae
Scenella sp. Billings 1872
 Archinacellida - Archinacellidae
Archinacella wanwanensis Kobayashi 1933
Helcionelloida
 Helcionellida - Stenothecidae
"? Stenotheca manchurica" = Pseudoscenella manchurica
"? Stenotheca manchurica" = Pseudoscenella manchurica Kobayashi 1933
Cephalopoda
 Protactinocerida - Protactinoceratidae
 Ellesmerocerida - Ellesmeroceratidae
 Ellesmerocerida - Plectronoceratidae
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Huenellidae
Trilobita
 Ptychopariida - Plethopeltidae
 Ptychopariida - Kingstoniidae
 Corynexochida - Illaenuridae
"? Platycolpus granulatus" = Rasettia
"? Platycolpus granulatus" = Rasettia trilobite
 Corynexochida - Leiostegiidae
"Plethopeltis resseri" = Plethopeltella resseri
"Plethopeltis resseri" = Plethopeltella resseri Kobayashi 1933 trilobite
Stenopilus convexus
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"Stenopilus convexus" = Wanwanoglobus convexus
"Stenopilus convexus" = Wanwanoglobus convexus Kobayashi 1933