Where: Xinjiang, China (41.5° N, 90.0° E: paleocoordinates 10.1° S, 142.3° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Xidashan Formation, Nangaoian (516.0 - 513.0 Ma)
• Middle Tsanglanpuan Stage, which is middle Early Cambrian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Primary reference: W. Yü. 1986. Lower Cambrian univalved molluscs from Kuruktag, Xinjiang. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 25(1):10-16 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 49494: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 17.04.2005, edited by Uta Merkel
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Archaeocyatha | |
"Robustocyathus cf. kruzini" = Cambrocyathellus2, "Robustocyathus cf. changainensis" = Cambrocyathellus2, "Robustocyathus sp." = Cambrocyathellus2
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Rotundocyathus sp.2, "Aldanocyathus cf. belvederi" = Nochoroicyathus2, "Aldanocyathus cf. solitus" = Nochoroicyathus2
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Coscinocyathus sp.2, Coscinocyathus tarimensis n. sp.2, Coscinocyathus codonoformis n. sp.2, Coscinocyathus xinjiangensis n. sp.2, Coscinocyathus mohershanensis n. sp.2, Coscinocyathus hoxudensis n. sp.2, Coscinocyathus kuruktagensis n. sp.2
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Helcionelloida | |
Eocyrtolites radiatus n. gen. n. sp., Helcionella xinjiangensis n. sp., "? Cyrtodiscus kuruktagensis n. sp." = Anabarella kuruktagensis
Eocyrtolites radiatus n. gen. n. sp. Yü 1986
Helcionella xinjiangensis n. sp. Yü 1986
"? Cyrtodiscus kuruktagensis n. sp." = Anabarella kuruktagensis Yü 1986 | |
Stenothecoida | |
Chileata | |
Kotujella sp.2 Andreeva 1962 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Israelaria sp.2 Cooper 1976 | |
Obolellata | |
Obolella sp.2 Billings 1861 | |
Trilobita | |
Metaredlichia xibeiensis n. sp.3, Metaredlichioides rectangularis n. sp.3, Parazhenbaspis sp.3, Parazhenbaspis kuruktagensis n. sp.3, Parazhenbaspis mohershanensis n. gen. n. sp.3
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