Where: Yunnan, China (27.9° N, 103.6° E: paleocoordinates 34.4° N, 164.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Watsonella crosbyi small shelly zone, Dahai Member (Zhujiaqing Formation), Meishucunian to Meishucunian (530.7 - 521.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Dahai Mbr of the Zhujiaqing Fm for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Upper Meishucunian; probably Tommotian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in regional section.

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•See Figure 1.

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•Redone based on Li & Xiao (2009).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, phosphatic, cherty/siliceous dolomite

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: replaced with phosphate

Collection methods: bulk, chemical,

• COLLECTOR: Not stated in text, but presumably Steiner et al; unknown date. REPOSITORY: TU Berlin.

Primary reference: G. Li and S. Xiao. 2004. Tannuolina and Micrina (Tannuolinidae) from the Lower Cambrian of eastern Yunnan, south China, and their scleritome reconstruction. Journal of Paleontology 78(5):900-913 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 96288: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 31.05.2010

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