Shatan, Jixian, bed 51 (Cambrian of China)

Where: Henan, China (35.4° N, 114.1° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 23.7° N, 102.3° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Changshania trilobite zone, Changshan Formation, Taoyuanian (495.2 - 486.9 Ma)

• sample H2046-28(3) of bed 51 (1.76 m thick)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

• N China Platform
• grey massive limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: W. Zhang, L. Xiang, Y. Liu and X. Meng. 1995. Cambrian stratigraphy and trilobites from Henan. Palaeontologia Cathayana 6:1-166 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 129215: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.06.2012

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Taxonomic list

Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Agnostidae
Homagnostus hoi Sun 1924