Where: Guizhou, China (26.7° N, 108.4° E: paleocoordinates 29.5° N, 156.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Kaili Formation, Duyunian (514.0 - 509.0 Ma)
• stage 4 of Cambrian series 2
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: slope; lithified shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Primary reference: J. L. Yuan, Y. L. Zhao, Z. Z. Wang, Z. Zhen, and X. Y. Chen. 1997. A preliminary study on Lower-Middle Cambrian boundary and trilobite fauna at Balang, Taijiang, Guizhou, south China. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 36(4):494-524 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 125155: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.03.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Trilobita | |
"Probowmania (Mufushania) sp." = Mufushania, "Eokaotaia gedongensis" = Kaotaia gedongensis, Nangaops danzhaiensis, "Paraantagmus (Balangcunaspis) subcylindricus" = Balangcunaspis subcylindricus
"Probowmania (Mufushania) sp." = Mufushania Lin 1965 trilobite
"Eokaotaia gedongensis" = Kaotaia gedongensis Yuan and Zhao 1994 trilobite
Nangaops danzhaiensis Zhou 1974 trilobite
"Paraantagmus (Balangcunaspis) subcylindricus" = Balangcunaspis subcylindricus Yuan et al. 1997 trilobite |