Where: Guizhou, China (26.7° N, 108.4° E: paleocoordinates 28.1° N, 154.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Oryctocephalus indicus trilobite zone, Kaili Formation, Taijangian (509.0 - 504.5 Ma)
• stage 5 of Cambrian series 3
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: slope; lithified, silty mudstone
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 125160: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.03.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Artiopoda | |
|
Pagetia taijiangensis Yuan et al. 1997 | |
| Trilobita | |
Danzhaina denzhouensis n. sp., "Wuxunaspis sp." = Xingrenaspis, "Nangaoia (Gedongaspis) sp." = Gedongaspis
Danzhaina denzhouensis n. sp. Yuan et al. 1997 trilobite
"Wuxunaspis sp." = Xingrenaspis Zhang et al. 1980 trilobite
"Nangaoia (Gedongaspis) sp." = Gedongaspis Yuan et al. 1997 trilobite | |
"Olenoides jialaoensis" = Kootenia jialaoensis
"Olenoides jialaoensis" = Kootenia jialaoensis Lu and Chien 1978 trilobite | |