Where: Hubei, China (30.7° N, 111.0° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 5.3° N, 63.7° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Yanjiahe Formation, Meishucunian (530.7 - 521.0 Ma)
• bed 7, 2.7 m thick; Anabarites trisulcatus-Protohertzina anabarica assemblage
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified dolomite
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Primary reference: P. Chen. 1984. Discovery of Lower Cambrian small shelly fossils from Jijiapo, Yichang, west Hubei and its significance. Professional Papers of Stratigraphy and Palaeontology 13:49-64 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 106525: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 24.03.2011
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Taxonomic list
| Scyphozoa | |
"Tiksitheca korobovi" = Anabarites korobovi, "Anabarites gracilis n. sp." = Anabarites tristichus, Anabarites trisulcatus, Cambrotubulus decurvatus
"Tiksitheca korobovi" = Anabarites korobovi Rozanov and Missarzhevsky 1966 jellyfish
"Anabarites gracilis n. sp." = Anabarites tristichus Rozanov et al. 1969 jellyfish
Anabarites trisulcatus Voronova and Missarzhevsky 1969 jellyfish
Cambrotubulus decurvatus Rozanov et al. 1969 jellyfish | |
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Hyolithellus tenuis Rozanov and Missarzhevsky 1966
Hyolithellus decorus n. sp. Chen 1984 | |
| Hyolitha | |
"Circotheca longiconica" = Conotheca subcurvata, "Circotheca nana" = Conotheca subcurvata, Circotheca transulcata
"Circotheca longiconica" = Conotheca subcurvata Yü 1974
"Circotheca nana" = Conotheca subcurvata Yü 1974
Circotheca transulcata Qian 1978 | |
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Turcutheca lubrica Qian 1978
Turcutheca crasseocochlia Syssoiev 1962
Lophotheca costellata Qian 1978 | |
| Helcionelloida | |
"Aldanella yangjiaheensis n. sp." = Aldanella attleborensis
"Aldanella yangjiaheensis n. sp." = Aldanella attleborensis Shaler and Foerste 1888 | |
"Maidipingoconus maidipingensis" = Oelandiella maidipingensis, "Archaeospira sp." = Latouchella, Sacciconus yanjiaheensis n. sp., Obtusoconus paucicostatus
"Maidipingoconus maidipingensis" = Oelandiella maidipingensis Yü 1974
"Archaeospira sp." = Latouchella Cobbold 1921
Sacciconus yanjiaheensis n. sp. Chen 1984
Obtusoconus paucicostatus Yü 1979 | |
Ceratoconus bucerus n. sp.
Ceratoconus bucerus n. sp. Chen 1984 | |
| Tergomya | |
Scenella jijiapoensis n. sp.
Scenella jijiapoensis n. sp. Chen 1984 | |