Yankong, Jindingshan Formation, unit 3 (Cambrian to of China)

Where: Guizhou, China (27.6° N, 106.2° E: paleocoordinates 30.3° N, 159.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Jindingshan Formation, Nangaoian to Nangaoian (521.0 - 509.0 Ma)

• also known as Chintingshan Formation, unit 3 is 19.7 m thick

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone and lithified, calcareous shale

• gray massive biohermal limestone, intercalated calcareous mudrock, shale, medium-bedded oolitic limestone at the base

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Peng and L. E. Babcock. 2001. Cambrian of the Hunan-Guizhou region, south China. Palaeoworld 13:3-51 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 107060: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.04.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Archaeocyatha
 Archaeocyathida - Archaeocyathidae
"Archaeocyathus sp." = Archaeocyathus, "Retecyathus sp." = Archaeocyathus
"Archaeocyathus sp." = Archaeocyathus Billings 1861 archaeocyath sponge
"Retecyathus sp." = Archaeocyathus Billings 1861 archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Archaeopharetridae
Protopharetra sp.
Protopharetra sp. Bornemann 1884 archaeocyath sponge
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Dorypygidae
Kootenia cf. yui
Kootenia cf. yui Chang 1963 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae
? Hoffetella quadrata
? Hoffetella quadrata Zhang et al. 1980 trilobite
 Redlichiida - Palaeolenidae
Megapalaeolenus deprati
Megapalaeolenus deprati Mansuy 1912 trilobite
 Redlichiida - Redlichiidae
Redlichia kaiyangensis
Redlichia kaiyangensis Chang and Lin 1974 trilobite