Where: Guizhou, China (27.8° N, 109.1° E: paleocoordinates 42.1° N, 162.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Miaohe Member (Doushantuo Formation), Ediacaran (635.0 - 541.0 Ma)

• PJW: Was put into a Doushantuo zone, but I think that was a data entry error. Also, put in upper member, but that is now the Miaohe member.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: M. Zhu, J. G. Gehling, S. Xiao, Y. Zhao, and M. L. Droser. 2008. Eight-armed Ediacara fossil preserved in contrasting taphonomic windows from China and Australia. Geology 36(11):867-870 [M. Laflamme/M. Laflamme]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 91632: authorized by Marc Laflamme, entered by Marc Laflamme on 08.10.2009, edited by Mark Uhen

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