Songtao (Cambrian of China)

Where: Guizhou, China (28.1° N, 109.1° E: paleocoordinates 28.1° N, 157.4° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Balang Formation, Duyunian (514.0 - 509.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: W. T. Zhang, Y. H. Lu, Z. L. Zhu, Y. Y. Qian, H. L. Lin, Z. Zhou, S. Zhang and J. L. Yuan. 1980. Cambrian trilobite faunas of southwestern China. Palaeontologia Sinica, new series B 16:1-497 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 127812: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 24.05.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Trilobita
  - Amgaspididae
Eodontopleura primitiva n. gen. n. sp.
Eodontopleura primitiva n. gen. n. sp. Zhang et al. 1980 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae
Duyunaspis obesis n. sp. Zhang et al. 1980 trilobite
Duyunaspis songtaoensis Qian and Lin 1977 trilobite
Duyunaspis duyunensis Zhang and Qian 1977 trilobite
Duyunaspis laevigatus n. sp. Zhang et al. 1980 trilobite
Feilongshania shichangensis n. sp. Zhang et al. 1980 trilobite
Feilongshania brevica n. gen. n. sp. Zhang et al. 1980 trilobite