Shenjiawan, unit 26, 56 (Cambrian of China)

Where: Hunan, China (29.1° N, 111.0° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 16.6° S, 89.2° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lotagnostus punctatus-Hedinaspis regalis trilobite zone, Shenjiawan Formation, Niuchehean (489.5 - 485.4 Ma)

• sample 56 of bed 26, Cambrian stage 10

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified limestone

• Jiangnan Slope Belt
• black, dark gray, thin-bedded laminated limestone with limestone lenses

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

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: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 107330: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.04.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Asaphida - Ceratopygidae
"Promacropyge ciliensis" = Macropyge (Promacropyge), Hedinaspis regalis, Diceratopyge cf. mobergi, Diceratopyge obesa, Charchaqia norini
"Promacropyge ciliensis" = Macropyge (Promacropyge) trilobite
Hedinaspis regalis Troedsson 1937 trilobite
Diceratopyge cf. mobergi Troedsson 1937 trilobite
Diceratopyge obesa Peng 1983 trilobite
Charchaqia norini Troedsson 1937 trilobite