Weijiacun (Cambrian of China)

Where: Henan, China (34.2° N, 112.8° E: paleocoordinates 3.8° S, 147.4° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Xinji Formation, Nangaoian (521.0 - 514.0 Ma)

• sample H2068-1 from unit 3 (0.65 m thick), Tsanglangpuan

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, dolomitic phosphorite

• N China Platform
• greyish yellow dolomitic phosphorite

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: W. Zhang, L. Xiang, Y. Liu and X. Meng. 1995. Cambrian stratigraphy and trilobites from Henan. Palaeontologia Cathayana 6:1-166 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 129002: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 19.06.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Redlichiida - Estaingiidae
"Hsuaspis ruyangensis" = Estaingia
"Hsuaspis ruyangensis" = Estaingia trilobite