Zhejiang, Hotang Formation (Cambrian of China)

Where: Zhejiang, China (28.7° N, 118.6° E: paleocoordinates 21.4° N, 151.9° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Hunanocephalus-Hsuaspis trilobite zone, Hotang Formation, Nangaoian (521.0 - 514.0 Ma)

• Hunanocephalus-Hsuaspis zone of Ju 1983

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: T. Y. Ju. 1983. Early Cambrian trilobites from the Hotang and Dachenling formations of Zhejiang. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 22(6):628-636 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 129764: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 27.06.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Tsunyidiscidae
"Hupeidiscus orientalis" = Tsunyidiscus orientalis
"Hupeidiscus orientalis" = Tsunyidiscus orientalis Chang 1953
 Agnostida - Calodiscidae
Neocobboldia sp., Neocobboldia transversa n. sp., Neocobboldia zhejiangensis n. sp.
Neocobboldia sp. Rasetti 1952
Neocobboldia transversa n. sp. Ju 1983
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Edelsteinaspididae
Sinolenus hotangensis n. sp., Sinolenus brevis n. sp.
Sinolenus hotangensis n. sp. Ju 1983 trilobite
Sinolenus brevis n. sp. Ju 1983 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae
Hunanocephalus ovalis, Hunanocephalus (Duotingia) constricatus n. sp., Hunanocephalus (Duotingia) rarus n. sp., Shabaella jiangshanensis n. sp., Shabaella convexa n. sp.
Hunanocephalus ovalis Lee 1963 trilobite
Shabaella jiangshanensis n. sp. Ju 1983 trilobite
Shabaella convexa n. sp. Ju 1983 trilobite
 Redlichiida - Estaingiidae
"Hsuaspis transversus" = Estaingia
"Hsuaspis transversus" = Estaingia trilobite