Baota Fm., DaTianBa, Xiushan County, Sichuan Prov., China (Ordovician to of China)
Where: Sichuan, China (29.0° N, 109.0° E: paleocoordinates 11.3° N, 131.3° E)
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Baota Formation, Harnagian to Harnagian (457.5 - 452.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
• limestone with mud cracks
Primary reference: Sichuan Stratigraphic Work Group. 1978. Regional stratigraphic table of the southwestern region of China, Sichuan part. Geological Publishing House, Beijing, China [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall] more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 7656: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 30.05.2000