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Pingliang - Upper, Gansu, China
| Formation | Pingliang |
|---|---|
| Member | Upper |
| Age: | 461 - 456 Ma Ordovician |
| Interval | Costonian - Harnagian |
| Lithology | mudstone/sandstone |
| Number of Collections | 1 |
| Number of Occurrences | 8 |
Recorded Sample Locations
| Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
|---|---|---|
| Upper Mbr. | Gansu, China | Pingliang - Upper |
Associated Units
| Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chedao - Lower | 461 - 456 Ma Ordovician | limestone/"shale" | 7 |
| Chedao - Upper | 458 - 452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | grainstone/lime mudstone | 17 |
| Pingliang - Lower | 466 - 450 Ma Ordovician | shale/"limestone" | 9 |
| Sandaogou | 466 - 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | limestone | 29 |
| Shuiquanlin | 479 - 466 Ma Ordovician | limestone/dolomite, "limestone"/mudstone | 9 |
Recorded Fossils
| Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
|---|---|---|
 Birmanites sp.genus | Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Asaphidae : Birmanites | 460.9 - 455.8 Ma Ordovician |
 Telephina sp.genus | Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Telephinidae : Telephina | 460.9 - 455.8 Ma Ordovician |
 Climacograptus sp.genus | Animalia : Hemichordata : Pterobranchia : Diplograptidae : Climacograptus | 460.9 - 455.8 Ma Ordovician |
 Dicellograptus sp.genus | Animalia : Hemichordata : Dicranograptidae : Dicellograptus | 460.9 - 455.8 Ma Ordovician |
 Dicranograptus sp.genus | Animalia : Hemichordata : Graptolithina : Bireclinata : Dicranograptus | 460.9 - 455.8 Ma Ordovician |
 Glyptograptus sp.genus | Animalia : Hemichordata : Graptolithina : Bireclinata : Retiolitidae : Glyptograptus | 460.9 - 455.8 Ma Ordovician |
 Didymograptus sp.genus | Animalia : Hemichordata : Dichograptidae : Didymograptus | 460.9 - 455.8 Ma Ordovician |
 Glossograptus sp.genus | Animalia : Hemichordata : Graptolithina : Glossograptus | 460.9 - 455.8 Ma Ordovician |
References
| Stratigraphic Group of Quing Hai Province (1980) Regional stratigraphic tables of the north western China region: Volume of NinXia Province, Geological Publishing House, Beijing, China |
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!
