Paibi section, bed 27 (Cambrian of China)

Where: Hunan, China (28.4° N, 109.5° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 13.1° S, 85.7° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Proagnostus bulbus trilobite zone, Huaqiao Formation, Guzhangian (500.5 - 497.0 Ma)

• bed 27: 279.6-284.8 m, Wanshania wanshanensis polymerid trilobite zone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified limestone and lithified packstone

• Jiangnan Slope Belt, lower slope environments with sediment-gravity flows
• base and top with a single layer of thick-bedded limestone breccia (1.9 m and 1.2 m thick respectively), interbedded with dark-gray, thin-bedded, trilobite-bearing packstone layers

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Peng and R. A. Robison. 2000. Agnostid biostratigraphy across the Middle-Upper Cambrian boundary in Hunan, China. Journal of Paleontology Memoir 53 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 49177: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 10.04.2005, edited by Uta Merkel

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Taxonomic list

Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Clavagnostidae
Aspidagnostus laevis Palmer 1962 artiopod
 Agnostida - Ammagnostidae
Proagnostus bulbus Butts 1926 artiopod
 Agnostida - Spinagnostidae
Hypagnostus brevifrons Angelin 1851 artiopod
Hypagnostus parvifrons Linnarsson 1869 artiopod
 Agnostida -
Valenagnostus imitans Oepik 1961 artiopod
 Agnostida - Agnostidae
Hadragnostus modestus Lochman 1944 artiopod
Acmarhachis typicalis Resser 1938 artiopod
 Agnostida - Phalacromidae
Lisogoragnostus mictus Peng and Robison 2000 artiopod
 Agnostida - Diplagnostidae
Linguagnostus stenus Peng and Robison 2000 artiopod
 Olenida - Asaphiscidae
 Lichida - Damesellidae
Protaitzehoia granifera Yang 1978 trilobite
Adelogonus hunanensis Peng et al. 2004 trilobite
Paradamesella peculiaris Zhou 1977 trilobite
Teinistion posterocostum Yang 1977 trilobite
Parablackwelderia jimaensis Yang 1974 trilobite
Palaeadotes hunanensis Yang 1977 trilobite
  - Monkaspididae
Monkaspis quadrata Yang 1977 trilobite
 Trinucleida - Alsataspididae
Torifera tuma Yang 1977 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Catillicephalidae
Buttsia globosa Lu and Lin 1987 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Diceratocephalidae
Ajrikina hunanensis Peng 1987 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Leiostegiidae
Wanshania wanshanensis Rong and Yang 1977 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae
Fuchouia oratolimba Yang 1977 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Dorypygidae
Dorypyge perconvexalis Yang 1977 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Corynexochidae
Chatiania convexa Peng et al. 2004 trilobite