Also known as Chengjiang fauna
Where: Yunnan, China (24.7° N, 103.0° E: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 160.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Yuanshan Member (Qiongzhusi Formation), Atdabanian (521.0 - 516.0 Ma)
• lower Eoredlichia trilobite zone
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithified mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: X. Hou and J. Bergström. 1997. Arthropods of the Lower Cambrian Chengjiang fauna, southwest China. Fossils & Strata 45:1-116 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 96403: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.06.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Deuteropoda | |
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Fuxianhuia protensa Hou 1987 | |
| Crustacea | |
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Canadaspis laevigata Hou and Bergström 1991 | |
| Megacheira | |
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Leanchoilia illecebrosa Hou 1987 | |
| Artiopoda | |
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Naraoia spinosa Zhang and Hou 1985
Naraoia longicaudata Zhang and Hou 1985 | |
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Xandarella spectaculum Hou et al. 1991 | |
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Retifacies abnormalis Hou et al. 1989 | |
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Acanthomeridion serratum Hou et al. 1989 | |
| Almenia spinosa | |
Almenia spinosa n. gen. n. sp.
Almenia spinosa n. gen. n. sp. Hou and Bergström 1997 | |
| Hexactinellida | |
Quadrolaminiella crassa n. sp., Quadrolaminiella diagonalis n. gen. n. sp.
Quadrolaminiella crassa n. sp. Chen et al. 1990 glass sponge
Quadrolaminiella diagonalis n. gen. n. sp. Chen et al. 1990 glass sponge | |