Rencun, bed 16 (Cambrian of China)

Where: Henan, China (34.8° N, 111.9° E: paleocoordinates 5.5° S, 144.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Hsuchuangia-Ruichengella trilobite zone, Hsuchuang Formation, Taijangian (509.0 - 504.5 Ma)

• samples H2041-7 - H2041-10 of bed 16 (27.14 m thick)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone and lithified shale

• N China Platform
• purple shale intercalated with yellow green shale and glauconitic and bioclastic oolitic limestone

Size class: macrofossils

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 129121: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.06.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Ptychopariida - Crepicephalidae
Hsuchuangia luliangshanensis, Hsuchuangia angustilimbata
Hsuchuangia luliangshanensis Zhang and Wang 1985 trilobite
Hsuchuangia angustilimbata Meng 1977 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Proasaphiscidae
Zhongtiaoshanaspis rara
Zhongtiaoshanaspis rara Zhang et al. 1980 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae
Ruichengella triangularis
Ruichengella triangularis Zhang et al. 1980 trilobite