Where: Sichuan, China (29.0° N, 109.0° E: paleocoordinates 16.5° N, 138.4° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Meitan Formation, Arenig (478.6 - 466.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified, silty shale and limestone

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 7662: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 30.05.2000