Where: Hubei, China (30.9° N, 110.9° E: paleocoordinates 38.7° N, 162.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Miaohe Member (Doushantuo Formation), Ediacaran (635.0 - 541.0 Ma)
• 2-m interval near the base of the upper shale member; 550-590 Ma. PJW: This is now the Miaohe member.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Primary reference: S. Xiao, X. Yuan, M. Steiner and A. H. Knoll. 2002. Macroscopic carbonaceous compressions in a terminal Proterozoic shale: a systematic reassessment of the Miaohe biota, south China. Journal of Paleontology 76(2):347-376 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 106450: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.03.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Hormogoneae | |
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Siphonophycus solidum Golub 1979 | |
| Beltanelliformis | |
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Beltanelliformis brunsae Menner 1974 | |
| Sinocylindra yunnanensis | |
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Sinocylindra yunnanensis Chen and Erdtmann 1991 | |
| Demospongiae | |
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Sinospongia typica Li 1996 demosponge
Sinospongia chenjunyuani Chen 1992 demosponge | |
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Calyptrina striata Sokolov 1967 | |
| Konglingiphyton erecta | |
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Konglingiphyton erecta Chen and Xiao 1992 | |
| Liulingjitaenia alloplecta | |
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Liulingjitaenia alloplecta Chen and Xiao 1992 | |
| Aggregatosphaera miaoheensis | |
Aggregatosphaera miaoheensis n. gen. n. sp.
Aggregatosphaera miaoheensis n. gen. n. sp. Xiao et al. 2002 | |
| Miaohephyton bifurcatum | |
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Miaohephyton bifurcatum Steiner 1994 | |
| Jiuqunaoella simplicis | |
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Jiuqunaoella simplicis Chen 1991 | |
| Cucullus fraudulentus | |
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Cucullus fraudulentus Steiner 1994 | |
| Enteromorphites siniansis | |
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Enteromorphites siniansis Zhu and Chen 1984 | |
| Anomalophyton zhangzhongyingi | |
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Anomalophyton zhangzhongyingi Chen et al. 1994 | |
| Baculiphyca taeniata | |
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Baculiphyca taeniata Yuan et al. 1995 | |
| Glomulus filamentum | |
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Glomulus filamentum Steiner 1994 | |
| Protoconites minor | |
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Protoconites minor Chen et al. 1994 | |
| Doushantuophyton quyuani | |
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Doushantuophyton quyuani Chen et al. 1994 | |
| Doushantuophyton lineare | |
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Doushantuophyton lineare Steiner 1994 | |
| Longifuniculum dissolutum | |
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Longifuniculum dissolutum Steiner et al. 1992 | |