Chishanhe, Jixian, bed 27 (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: Poriagraulos trilobite zone, Hsuchuang Formation, Taijangian (509.0 - 504.5 Ma)

• samples H2044-15, -16 of bed 27 (6.49 m thick)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone and lithified shale

• N China Platform
• intercalations of grey thin-bedded oolitic limestone and dark purple shale

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 129146: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.06.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
  - Wuaniidae
Wuania sp.
Wuania sp. Chang 1963 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Inouyiidae
Inouyia capax
Inouyia capax Walcott 1906 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae
"Chishanheella longispina n. gen. n. sp." = Wuhaina longispina
"Chishanheella longispina n. gen. n. sp." = Wuhaina longispina Zhang et al. 1995 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Proasaphiscidae
Gangdeeria sp., Guankouia longa n. gen., Proasaphiscus sp.
Gangdeeria sp. Zhang et al. 1980 trilobite
Guankouia longa n. gen. Meng 1977 trilobite
Proasaphiscus sp. Resser and Endo 1935 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Solenopleuridae
Solenoparia sp., "Austrosinia intermedia" = Changqingia intermedia
Solenoparia sp. Kobayashi 1935 trilobite
"Austrosinia intermedia" = Changqingia intermedia Walcott 1906 trilobite