Also known as Chengjiang biota
Where: Yunnan, China (24.8° N, 102.6° E: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 161.1° E)
When: Eoredlichia-Wutingaspis trilobite zone, Maotianshan Sh Member (Yuanshan Formation), Atdabanian (521.0 - 516.0 Ma)
• in a sequence of strata with alternating event layers and background mudstones
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, soft parts
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ),
Primary reference: S.-X. Hu. 2005. Taphonomy and Palaeoecology of the Early Cambrian Chengjiang Biota from Eastern Yunnan, China. Berliner Paläobiologische Abhandlungen 7:1-197 [A. Lin/A. Lin]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 90137: authorized by Alex Lin, entered by Alex Lin on 08.07.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bilateria | |
Cardiodictyon | |
Cardiodictyon catenulum Hou et al. 1991 | |
unclassified | |
Arthropoda indet. Latreille 1829 | |
Primicaris larvaformis Zhang et al. 2003 | |
Crustacea | |
Chuandianella ovata Li 1975 | |
Deuteropoda | |
Ercaicunia multinodosa Luo et al. 1999 | |
Megacheira | |
Leanchoilia illecebrosa Hou 1987 | |
Deuteropoda | |
Isoxys auritus Jiang 1982 | |
Amplectobelua symbrachiata Hou et al. 1995 | |
Trilobita | |
"Eoredlichia intermedia" = Eoredlichia intermediata
"Eoredlichia intermedia" = Eoredlichia intermediata Lu 1940 trilobite | |
Yunnanocephalus sp. Kobayashi 1936 trilobite | |
Artiopoda | |
Cindarella eucalla Chen et al. 1996 | |
Naraoia longicaudata Zhang and Hou 1985
Naraoia spinosa Zhang and Hou 1985 | |
Palaeoscolecida | |
Mafangscolex sinensis Hou and Sun 1988 | |
Cricocosmia jinningensis Hou and Sun 1988 | |
Corynetis brevis | |
Corynetis brevis Luo and Hu 1999 | |
Paraselkirkia | |
Sicyophorus | |
Sicyophorus rara Luo and Hu 1999 | |
Brachiopoda | |
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
? Wangyuia yunnanensis Jin 2004 | |
Lingulata | |
"Lingulella chengjiangensis" = Eoglossa chengjiangensis
"Lingulella chengjiangensis" = Eoglossa chengjiangensis Jin et al. 1993 | |
Lingulellotreta malongensis Rong 1974 | |
Heliomedusa orienta Sun and Hou 1987 | |
Hyolitha | |
"Linevitus opimus" = Triplicatella opimus
"Linevitus opimus" = Triplicatella opimus Yu 1974 | |
Cambrorhytium | |
unclassified | |
Problematica indet. Andrews 1970 | |
Coeloscleritophora | |