Shuiyu, Zhongtiao Mountains, upper bed 25 (Cambrian of China)

Where: Shanxi, China (34.8° N, 110.6° E: paleocoordinates 6.3° S, 144.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Sunaspis-Sunaspidella trilobite zone, Hsuchuang Formation, Taijangian (509.0 - 504.5 Ma)

• sample SR17a, SR17b of the upper unit 25, Hsuchuangian (N China) = Taijiangian, stage 5 of Cambrian series 3

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone and lithified shale

• N China Platform
• purple shale, limestone, oolitic limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: W. Zhang, H. Lin, H. Wu and J. Yuan. 1980. Cambrian stratigraphy and trilobite fauna from the Zhongtiao Mountains, southern Shanxi. Memoirs of Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology 16:39-110 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 125219: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.03.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Ptychopariida - Lorenzellidae
Ptyctolorenzella rugosa n. gen. n. sp.
Ptyctolorenzella rugosa n. gen. n. sp. Zhang et al. 1980 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Proasaphiscidae
Proasaphiscina quadrata n. gen. n. sp., Proasaphiscina monanensis n. sp., Shanxiella rara n. sp., Shanxiella venusta n. gen. n. sp., Honanaspis microps n. sp.
Proasaphiscina quadrata n. gen. n. sp. Zhang et al. 1980 trilobite
Proasaphiscina monanensis n. sp. Zhang et al. 1980 trilobite
Shanxiella rara n. sp. Zhang et al. 1980 trilobite
Shanxiella venusta n. gen. n. sp. Zhang et al. 1980 trilobite
Honanaspis microps n. sp. Zhang et al. 1980 trilobite