Where: Shaanxi, China (32.5° N, 107.9° E: paleocoordinates 25.6° N, 161.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Ninella tarimensis - Cambroclavus fangxianensis small shelly zone, Upper Member (Guojiaba Formation), Nangaoian (521.0 - 514.0 Ma)
• Qian et al. do not give a formation, but based on Steiner et al. (2007 f. 9), it must be this. This is Qiongzhusian (=Chiungchussuan)
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•Correlates of Pelagiella subangulata zone, Wutingaspis-Eoredlichia zone and Yunnanocephalus subzone, too.
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Preservation: adpression, soft parts
Primary reference: Y. Qian, Y. -S. Xie, and T.-G. He. 2001. Hyoliths of the Lower Cambrian Chiungchussuan Stage in south Shaanxi Province. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 40(1):31-43 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 96506: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 10.06.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Hyolithomorpha | |
Paramicrocornus zhenbaensis n. gen. n. sp.
Paramicrocornus zhenbaensis n. gen. n. sp. Qian et al. 2001 |