Konggiri section, KG-9 (Cambrian of South Korea)

Where: South Korea (37.3° N, 128.4° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 16.0° N, 92.8° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Eochuangia hana trilobite zone, Machari Formation (Yongwol Group), Taoyuanian (495.2 - 486.9 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified limestone

• shallow marine continental shelf
• shale-parted limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: D. K. Choi, J. G. Lee, and B. C. Sheen. 2004. Upper Cambrian agnostoid trilobites from the Machari Formation,Yongwol, Korea. Geobios 37:159-189 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 133451: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 13.09.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Agnostidae
Ivshinagnostus alatus, Homagnostus obesus, Micragnostus elongatus, Kormagnostus inventus
Ivshinagnostus alatus Choi et al. 2004
Homagnostus obesus Belt 1867
Kormagnostus inventus Shergold 1982
 Agnostida - Diplagnostidae
"Pseudagnostus josepha" = Pseudagnostus josephus, Nahannagnostus pratti
"Pseudagnostus josepha" = Pseudagnostus josephus Hall 1863
Nahannagnostus pratti Choi et al. 2004
Trilobita
 Trinucleida - Alsataspididae
Macharia pengi n. gen. n. sp., Joshuaspis parvus
Macharia pengi n. gen. n. sp. Choi et al. 2008 trilobite
Joshuaspis parvus Choi et al. 2008 trilobite
 Asaphida - Ceratopygidae
Haniwoides longus
Haniwoides longus Kobayashi 1935 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Elviniidae
Irvingella convexa
Irvingella convexa Kobayashi 1935 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Leiostegiidae
"Chuangia sp." = Schantungia, Eochuangia hana
"Chuangia sp." = Schantungia Lorenz 1906 trilobite
Eochuangia hana Kobayashi 1935 trilobite
 Olenida - Pterocephaliidae
Dikelocephalites flabelliformis