Tianmashan II, bed 5 (Cambrian of China)

Where: Zhejiang, China (28.9° N, 118.5° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 20.4° S, 82.5° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Glyptagnostus stolidotus trilobite zone, Huayansi Formation, Guzhangian (500.5 - 497.0 Ma)

• samples GC10, GC11

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified limestone and lithified, calcareous shale

• outermost part of the Jiangnan Slope Belt, adjacent to the Jiangnan Basin
• blackish grey thin-bedded limestones with light grey calcareous shales

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: Y. H. Lu and H. L. Lin. 1989. The Cambrian trilobites of western Zhejiang. Palaeontologia Sinica, new series B 25:1-287 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 125675: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.03.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Ammagnostidae
Ammagnostus sp.
Ammagnostus sp. Opik 1967 artiopod
 Agnostida - Clavagnostidae
Clavagnostus (Clavagnostus) sp., Clavagnostus (Clavagnostus) subconicus n. sp., Aspidagnostus sp., "Aspidagnostus pentagonus n. sp." = Aspidagnostus laevis
Clavagnostus (Clavagnostus) sp. Howell 1937 artiopod
Clavagnostus (Clavagnostus) subconicus n. sp. Lu and Lin 1989 artiopod
Aspidagnostus sp. Whitehouse 1936 artiopod
"Aspidagnostus pentagonus n. sp." = Aspidagnostus laevis Palmer 1962 artiopod
 Agnostida - Agnostidae
? Kormagnostus sp.
? Kormagnostus sp. Resser 1938 artiopod
 Agnostida -
Glyptagnostus stolidotus
Glyptagnostus stolidotus Opik 1961 artiopod