Shatan, Jixian, bed 50 (Cambrian of China)

Where: Henan, China (35.4° N, 114.1° E: paleocoordinates 8.5° S, 140.1° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Changshania trilobite zone, Changshan Formation, Taoyuanian (498.5 - 485.4 Ma)

• sample H2046-28(2) of bed 50 (8.12 m thick)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, dolomitic limestone

• N China Platform
• grey massive dolomitic limestone intercalated with bioclastic limestone and yellow argillaceous dolomite

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 129214: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.06.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Ptychopariida - Elviniidae
Irvingella taitzuhoensis
Irvingella taitzuhoensis Lu 1957 trilobite
  - Changshaniidae
Changshania conica
Changshania conica Sun 1924 trilobite
Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Agnostidae
Quadrahomagnostus tienshihfuensis