Where: Shaanxi, China (33.1° N, 106.6° E: paleocoordinates 15.8° N, 144.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Siliangssu Formation, Arenigian (478.6 - 468.1 Ma)

• Approximately 35 m above base of section.

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, nodular limestone and lithified, yellow, calcareous shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Turvey in 1998-1999

Primary reference: S. T. Turvey. 2005. Early Ordovician (Arenig) trilobite palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography of the South China Plate. Palaeontology 48(3):519-547 [A. Miller/S. Kolbe] more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 116192: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 06.09.2011