Chishanhe, Jixian, bed 20 (Cambrian of China)

Where: Henan, China (35.4° N, 114.1° E: paleocoordinates 3.7° S, 145.5° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• sample H2044-8 of bed 20 (1.48 m thick)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

• N China Platform
• light grey massive 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 129140: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.06.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Redlichiida - Agraulidae
Parachittidilla xiaolinghouensis
Parachittidilla xiaolinghouensis Zhang et al. 1980 trilobite