Dama section, Fenghuang, bed 36b (Cambrian of China)

Where: Hunan, China (28.1° N, 109.4° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 15.2° S, 89.2° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Corynexochus plumula-Sinoproceratopyge cf. kiangshanensis trilobite zone, Huaqiao Formation, Paibian (497.0 - 494.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified limestone

• shallow water open marine; Jiangnan slope belt
• gray thick-bedded granular limestone intercalated with limestone breccia lenses

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: Y. Duan. 2004. New polymerid trilobites and the first record of Erixanium from Upper Cambrian in western Hunan, China. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 43(1):63-71 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 124978: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 02.03.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Spinagnostidae
"Peratagnostus sinicus" = Peratagnostus obsoletus
"Peratagnostus sinicus" = Peratagnostus obsoletus Kobayashi 1935
 Agnostida - Agnostidae
Agnostus cf. medius, Ivshinagnostus sp., Homagnostus cf. hoiformis
Ivshinagnostus sp. Ergaliev 1980
Homagnostus cf. hoiformis Kobayashi 1933
 Agnostida - Diplagnostidae
"Pseudagnostus josepha" = Pseudagnostus josephus, "Pseudagnostus vigilax" = Pseudagnostus josephus
"Pseudagnostus josepha" = Pseudagnostus josephus Hall 1863
"Pseudagnostus vigilax" = Pseudagnostus josephus Hall 1863
Trilobita
 Asaphida - Ceratopygidae
"Yuepingia niobiformis" = Haniwoides, Proceratopyge (Sinoproceratopyge) orthogonialis, Proceratopyge fenghwangensis
"Yuepingia niobiformis" = Haniwoides trilobite
Proceratopyge fenghwangensis Hsiang 1963 trilobite
 Asaphida - Anomocaridae
Hunanaspis sp.
Hunanaspis sp. Zhou 1977 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Lisaniidae
Shengia sp.
Shengia sp. Xiang 1963 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Corynexochidae
Corynexochus chinensis, Corynexochus plumula
Corynexochus chinensis Lin and Zhang 1979 trilobite
Corynexochus plumula Whitehouse 1939 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Kaolishaniidae
"Anhuiaspis sp." = Mansuyites
"Anhuiaspis sp." = Mansuyites Shergold 1971 trilobite
 Olenida - Dokimokephalidae
Wuhuia cf. silex, Chalfontia sp.
Wuhuia cf. silex Shergold 1980 trilobite
Chalfontia sp. Shergold 1982 trilobite
 Olenida - Asaphiscidae
Lioparia sp.
Lioparia sp. Lorenz 1905 trilobite
 Olenida - Aphelaspidae
Erixanium cf. sentum, Aphelaspis granulata
Erixanium cf. sentum Opik 1963 trilobite
Aphelaspis granulata Kuo 1963 trilobite
Lingulata
 Acrotretida - Acrotretidae
Homotreta paiensis
 Lingulida - Obolidae
Lingulella manchuriensis, Obolus mollisonensis