Also known as Chengjiang biota
Where: Yunnan, China (25.4° N, 103.4° E: paleocoordinates 34.2° N, 160.9° E)
When: Eoredlichia-Wutingaspis trilobite zone, Maotianshan Sh Member (Yuanshan Formation), Atdabanian (521.0 - 516.0 Ma)
• 30 cm thick, background mudstone with minimal event layers
• 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 90165: authorized by Alex Lin, entered by Alex Lin on 09.07.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Lingulata | |
Heliomedusa orienta Sun and Hou 1987 | |
Microdictyon | |
Microdictyon sinicum Chen et al. 1989 | |
unclassified | |
Arthropoda indet. Latreille 1829 | |
Primicaris larvaformis Zhang et al. 2003 | |
Trilobita | |
Wutingaspis malungensis Lu 1961 trilobite | |
Artiopoda | |
Naraoia longicaudata Zhang and Hou 1985
Naraoia spinosa Zhang and Hou 1985 | |
"Anomalocardidae indet." = Anomalocarididae
"Anomalocardidae indet." = Anomalocarididae Raymond 1935 | |
Megacheira | |
Leanchoilia illecebrosa Hou 1987 | |
Deuteropoda | |
Crustacea | |
Canadaspis laevigata Hou and Bergström 1991 | |
Chuandianella ovata Li 1975 | |
Kunmingella douvillei Mansuy 1912 | |
Cricocosmia jinningensis Hou and Sun 1988 | |
Palaeoscolecida | |
Mafangscolex sinensis Hou and Sun 1988 | |
unclassified | |
Problematica indet. Andrews 1970 | |
Cambrorhytium | |
Hexactinellida | |
Protospongia sp. Salter 1864 glass sponge | |
Demospongiae | |
Choiaella radiata Rigby and Hou 1995 demosponge |