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Fentou, China

Formation	Fentou
Member(s)	Upper
Age:	433 - 427 Ma Silurian
Interval	Wenlock
Lithology	sandstone/mudstone, siltstone/"shale", siltstone/conglomerate
Number of Collections	9
Number of Occurrences	40

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Lower Fentou Formation at Fentou	Jiangning District, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China	Fentou
Tangshan	Jiangning District, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China	Fentou - Upper
Chaoxian	Chaohu Co., Hefei, Anhui, China	Fentou
Wuwei	Wuwei County, Wuhu, Anhui, China	Fentou
Jiangning	Jiangning District, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China	Fentou
Daye	Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China	Fentou
Fentou	Jiangning District, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China	Fentou

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Fentou - Upper	439 - 433 Ma Silurian	siltstone	12
Xihengshan	164 - 145 Ma Jurassic		12
Yunhuoshan	164 - 145 Ma Jurassic		5

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Coronocephalus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Encrinuridae : *Coronocephalus*	433.4 - 427.4 Ma Silurian
Encrinuridae family	5	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Encrinuridae	433.4 - 427.4 Ma Silurian
Latiproetus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Proetidae : *Latiproetus*	433.4 - 427.4 Ma Silurian
Lingula sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Lingulata : Lingulida : Lingulidae : *Lingula*	433.4 - 427.4 Ma Silurian
Salopina sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Draboviidae : *Salopina*	433.4 - 427.4 Ma Silurian
Striispirifer sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Cyrtiidae : *Striispirifer*	433.4 - 427.4 Ma Silurian
Geraspis rara species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Galeaspida : Geraspididae : Geraspis : *Geraspis rara*	433.4 - 430.5 Ma Silurian
Hanyangaspis sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Galeaspida : Hanyangaspidae : *Hanyangaspis*	438.5 - 433.4 Ma Silurian
Kiangsuaspis sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Pteraspidomorphi : Pteraspidomorphes : *Kiangsuaspis*	433.4 - 427.4 Ma Silurian
Fentounia helicorostrata species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cyrtodontida : Praecardiidae : Fentounia : *Fentounia helicorostrata*	433.4 - 427.4 Ma Silurian
Modiolopsis sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Unionida : Iridinidae : *Modiolopsis*	433.4 - 427.4 Ma Silurian
Modiomorpha sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Modiomorphida : Modiomorphidae : *Modiomorpha*	433.4 - 427.4 Ma Silurian
Nuculoidea sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculida : Nuculidae : *Nuculoidea*	433.4 - 427.4 Ma Silurian
Pteronites sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Pinnidae : *Pteronites*	433.4 - 427.4 Ma Silurian
Edmondia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Adapedonta : Edmondiidae : *Edmondia*	433.4 - 427.4 Ma Silurian
Praectenodonta sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Solemyida : Ctenodontidae : *Praectenodonta*	433.4 - 427.4 Ma Silurian
Orthonota sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Unionida : Iridinidae : *Orthonota*	433.4 - 427.4 Ma Silurian
Eoschizodus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Trigoniida : Eoschizodidae : *Eoschizodus*	433.4 - 427.4 Ma Silurian
Protobactrites sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : *Protobactrites*	433.4 - 427.4 Ma Silurian
Sichuanoceras sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Sichuanoceratidae : *Sichuanoceras*	433.4 - 427.4 Ma Silurian
Tropidodiscus yimgantauensis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Tropidodiscus : *Tropidodiscus yimgantauensis*	438.5 - 433.4 Ma Silurian
Craspedostomatidae family	5	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Craspedostomatidae	433.4 - 427.4 Ma Silurian
Umbonellina sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Craspedostomatidae : *Umbonellina*	438.5 - 433.4 Ma Silurian
Raphistomina sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Holopeidae : *Raphistomina*	438.5 - 433.4 Ma Silurian
Oriostoma sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Oriostomatidae : *Oriostoma*	438.5 - 433.4 Ma Silurian
Planitrochus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochida : Trochidae : *Planitrochus*	433.4 - 427.4 Ma Silurian
Leptozone esthetica species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalina : Platyceratidae : Leptozone : *Leptozone esthetica*	438.5 - 433.4 Ma Silurian
Trepospira sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Eotomariidae : *Trepospira*	438.5 - 433.4 Ma Silurian
Turritella cingulata species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Turritellidae : Turritella : *Turritella cingulata*	438.5 - 433.4 Ma Silurian
Hormotoma sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Murchisoniina : Hormotomidae : *Hormotoma*	433.4 - 427.4 Ma Silurian
Murchisonia cava species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Murchisoniidae : Murchisonia : *Murchisonia cava*	438.5 - 433.4 Ma Silurian
Michelia whiteavesi species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Murchisoniina : Murchisoniidae : Michelia : *Michelia whiteavesi*	438.5 - 433.4 Ma Silurian
Lophospiridae family	5	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lophospiridae	433.4 - 427.4 Ma Silurian
Ruedemannia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lophospiridae : *Ruedemannia*	438.5 - 433.4 Ma Silurian
Umbospira sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Sinuopeidae : *Umbospira*	433.4 - 427.4 Ma Silurian
Trochonema sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochonematidae : *Trochonema*	433.4 - 427.4 Ma Silurian
Trochonema fragile species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochonematidae : Trochonema : *Trochonema fragile*	438.5 - 433.4 Ma Silurian

References

Mu E.-z., Boucot A. J., et al (1986) Correlation of the Silurian rocks of China, Geological Society of America Special Paper 202, 1-80

Xi Y.-h. (1997) Gastropods from Fentou Formation of Jiangsu and Anhui provinces, Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 36 2, 238-244

Zhu M., Wang J. (2000) Silurian vertebrate assemblages of China, Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 223, 161-168

Fang Z. J., Chen J. H., et al (2009) Supraspecific taxa of the Bivalvia first named, described, and published in China (1927-2007), The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, New Series 17, 1-157

Wagner P. J. (2017) Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database

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