Fengkoushao, unit FK1: Atdabanian, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Demospongiae
- Vauxiidae
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Vauxia paraleioia n. sp.
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Megacheira
- Leanchoiliida
- Leanchoiliidae
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Leanchoilia illecebrosa
(Hou 1987)
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Canadaspidida
- Canadaspididae
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Canadaspis laevigata
(Hou and Bergström 1991)
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Fuxianhuiida
- Chengjiangocarididae
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Chengjiangocaris longiformis
Hou and Bergström 1991
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Nektaspidida
- Naraoiidae
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Naraoia spinosa
Zhang and Hou 1985
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Naraoia longicaudata
Zhang and Hou 1985
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Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Yunnan |
| Coordinates: | 24.7° North, 103.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.0° North, 160.8° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cambrian | Epoch: | Series 2 |
| Stage: | Stage 3 | 10 m.y. bin: | Cambrian 2 |
| Key time interval: | Atdabanian | Trilobite zone: | lower Eoredlichia |
| Age range of interval: | 521 - 515.6 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Qiongzhusi | Member: | Yuanshan | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: lower Eoredlichia trilobite zone, FK1 corresponds to unit M2 of Maotianshan | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified mudstone |
| Lithology description: soft mudstone | |
| Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Chengjiang fauna | ||
| Database number: | 96416 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling, P. Wagner | Enterer: | U. Merkel, P. Wagner |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-06-07 05:39:15 | Last modified: | 2022-12-20 21:44:54 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-06-07 05:39:15 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 32720. | X. Hou and J. Bergström. 1997. Arthropods of the Lower Cambrian Chengjiang fauna, southwest China. Fossils & Strata 45:1-116 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] |
Secondary references:
| 83424 | F. Wei, Y. Zhao, A. Chen, X. Hou, and P. Cong. 2021. New vauxiid sponges from the Chengjiang Biota and their evolutionary significance. Journal of the Geological Society 178(5):jgs2020-162 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |