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Nancheng, China

FormationNancheng
Age:445 - 443 Ma
Paleozoic
IntervalHirnantian
Lithologyshale/"carbonate", "limestone"
Number of Collections2
Number of Occurrences14

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
NanzhengNanzheng District, Hanzhong, Shaanxi, ChinaNancheng
Jiaodingshan SectionHanyuan County, Ya'an, Sichuan, ChinaNancheng

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Daduhe456 - 446 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician		limestone6

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Leonaspis sp.
genus		6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Lichida : Odontopleuridae : Leonaspis445.2 - 443.4 Ma
Paleozoic
Platycoryphe sp.
genus		6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Homalonotinae : Platycoryphe445.2 - 443.4 Ma
Paleozoic
Orbiculoidea sp.
genus		6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Lingulata : Lingulida : Discinidae : Orbiculoidea445.2 - 443.4 Ma
Paleozoic
Hindella incipiens
species		7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Meristellidae : Hindella : Hindella incipiens445.2 - 443.4 Ma
Paleozoic
Dalmanella testudinaria
species		7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Dalmanellidae : Dalmanella : Dalmanella testudinaria445.2 - 443.4 Ma
Paleozoic
Hirnantia sagittifera
species		7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Draboviidae : Hirnantia : Hirnantia sagittifera445.2 - 443.4 Ma
Paleozoic
Kinnella medlicotti
species		7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Draboviidae : Kinnella : Kinnella medlicotti445.2 - 443.4 Ma
Paleozoic
Plectothyrella crassicosta
species		7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Trigonirhynchiidae : Plectothyrella : Plectothyrella crassicosta445.2 - 443.4 Ma
Paleozoic
Aegiromena sp.
genus		6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Sowerbyellidae : Aegiromena445.2 - 443.4 Ma
Paleozoic
Paromalomena macmahoni
species		7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Glyptomenidae : Paromalomena : Paromalomena macmahoni445.2 - 443.4 Ma
Paleozoic
Palaeoneilo sp.
genus		6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Malletiidae : Palaeoneilo445.2 - 443.4 Ma
Paleozoic
Deceptrix sp.
genus		6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculida : Praenuculidae : Deceptrix445.2 - 443.4 Ma
Paleozoic

References

Li Y., Kershaw S. (2003) Reef Reconstruction after Extinction Events of the Latest Ordovician in the Yangtze Platform, South China, Facies 48, 269-284
Cocks L. R. M. (2014) The Late Ordovician brachiopods of southern Pembrokeshire and adjacent south-western Wales, Special Papers in Palaeontology 91, 1-89
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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