Also known as Guanshan fauna
Where: Yunnan, China (25.7° N, 102.2° E: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 160.8° E)
When: Palaeolenus trilobite zone, Wulongqing Formation, Botomian (516.0 - 512.9 Ma)
• 0.9m thick grey green silty mudrock/shale
Environment/lithology: marine; mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, adpression, soft parts
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ),
Primary reference: H.-L. Luo, L. Yong, S.-X. Hu, X.-P. Fu, S.-Q. Hou, X.-Y. Liu, L.-Z. Chen, F.-J. Li, J.-Y. Pang and Q. Liu. 2008. Early Cambrian Malong Fauna and Guanshan Fauna from Eastern Yunnan, China 1-134 [A. Lin/A. Lin]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 90371: authorized by Alex Lin, entered by Alex Lin on 17.07.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Vetulicolida | |
| Palaeoscolecida | |
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Palaeoscolex sp. Whittard 1953 | |
| Trilobita | |
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Redlichia mansuyi trilobite
Redlichia noetlingi trilobite | |
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Palaeolenus longispinus trilobite
Palaeolenus lantenoisi Mansuy 1912 trilobite
Palaeolenus douvillei Mansuy 1912 trilobite | |
| Hyolitha | |
| Lingulata | |
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Diandongia pista Rong 1974 | |
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Lingulellotreta malongensis Rong 1974 | |
| Polychaeta | |
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Sphenothallus sp. Hall 1847 | |