Also known as Three Gorge area
Where: Hubei, China (30.8° N, 111.2° E: paleocoordinates 25.6° N, 159.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Shipai Formation, Atdabanian (520.0 - 516.0 Ma)
• late Atdabanian; from the "middle part" of formation; shown with an arrow at a specific point in the section, suggesting one or a few beds
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; mudstone and siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression, soft parts
Primary reference: X. L. Zhang and H. Hua. 2005. Soft-bodied fossils from the Shipai Formation, Lower Cambrian of the Three Gorge area, South China. Geological Magazine 142(5):1-11 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 68086: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 02.01.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Goettingenia wangjiapingensis | |
Goettingenia wangjiapingensis n. gen. n. sp.
Goettingenia wangjiapingensis n. gen. n. sp. Zhang and Hua 2005 | |
Cambrorhytium major | |
Cambrorhytium cf. major Walcott 1908 | |
Maotianshania cylindrica Sun and Huo 1987 | |
Lingulata | |
Diandongia pista Rong 1974 | |
Vetulicolida | |
Vetulicola sp. Hou 1987 |