Aksu-Wushi (Cambrian of China)

Where: Xinjiang, China (40.9° N, 79.5° E: paleocoordinates 9.4° S, 134.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Yurtus Formation, Meishucunian (530.7 - 521.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

• mixture of calcareous clastics and impure limestones, phosphatic limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Qian and B. Xiao. 1984. An Early Cambrian small shelly fauna from Aksu-Wushi region, Xinjiang. Professional Papers of Stratigraphy and Palaeontology 13:65-90 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 107481: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.04.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Hyolithomorpha
  -
Ovalitheca cf. mongolica
Hyolitha
 Orthothecida -
Lophotheca costellata, Paragloborilus spinatus n. sp., Cupitheca sp.
Paragloborilus spinatus n. sp. Qian and Xiao 1984
Cupitheca sp. Duan 1984
 Sachitida -
"Aurisella tarimensis n. gen. n. sp." = Ninella tarimensis
"Aurisella tarimensis n. gen. n. sp." = Ninella tarimensis Qian and Xiao 1984
Aculifera
  - Halkieriidae
"Acrosquama mira n. gen. n. sp." = Halkieria mira
"Acrosquama mira n. gen. n. sp." = Halkieria mira Qian and Xiao 1984
Helcionelloida
 Pelagiellida - Aldanellidae
Aldanella sp.
Aldanella sp. Vostokova 1962
Porcaconus xinjiangensis
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Porcaconus xinjiangensis n. gen. n. sp.
Porcaconus xinjiangensis n. gen. n. sp. Qian and Xiao 1984
Scyphozoa
 Anabaritida - Anabaritidae
Anabarites sp.
Anabarites sp. Voronova and Missarzhevsky 1969 jellyfish
Heteractinida
  -
Polycladium yurtusensis n. gen. n. sp., Archicladium tridactyles n. gen. n. sp.
Polycladium yurtusensis n. gen. n. sp. Qian and Xiao 1984
Archicladium tridactyles n. gen. n. sp. Qian and Xiao 1984
Cambroclavida
  -
"Wushichites minutus n. gen. n. sp." = Wushichites minutus, "Wushichites polyedrus n. sp." = Wushichites minutus, "Zhijinites intermedius n. sp." = Parazhijinites guizhouensis
"Wushichites minutus n. gen. n. sp." = Wushichites minutus Qian and Xiao 1984
"Wushichites polyedrus n. sp." = Wushichites minutus Qian and Xiao 1984
"Zhijinites intermedius n. sp." = Parazhijinites guizhouensis Qian and Yin 1984
  - Zhijinitidae
Zhijinites claviformis n. sp.
Zhijinites claviformis n. sp. Qian and Xiao 1984
Aksuglobulus acinosus
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Aksuglobulus acinosus n. gen. n. sp.
Aksuglobulus acinosus n. gen. n. sp. Qian and Xiao 1984
Archaeooides granulatus
  -
"Archaeooides cf. granulatus" = Archaeooides granulatus, "Tianshandiscus verrucosus n. gen. n. sp." = Archaeooides granulatus
"Archaeooides cf. granulatus" = Archaeooides granulatus Qian 1977
"Tianshandiscus verrucosus n. gen. n. sp." = Archaeooides granulatus Qian 1977
Coeloscleritophora
 Chancelloriida - Chancelloriidae
Allonia tripodophora, Archiasterella pentactina
Allonia tripodophora Doré and Reid 1965
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales -
"Sugaites bicornis n. gen. n. sp." = Cambroclavus bicornis, "Sugaites sicyojdeus n. sp." = Cambroclavus bicornis, "Sugaites hastatus n. sp." = Cambroclavus bicornis, "Sugaites saccatus n. sp." = Cambroclavus bicornis, "Sugaites soleiformis n. sp." = Cambroclavus bicornis
"Sugaites bicornis n. gen. n. sp." = Cambroclavus bicornis Qian and Xiao 1984
"Sugaites sicyojdeus n. sp." = Cambroclavus bicornis Qian and Xiao 1984
"Sugaites hastatus n. sp." = Cambroclavus bicornis Qian and Xiao 1984
"Sugaites saccatus n. sp." = Cambroclavus bicornis Qian and Xiao 1984
"Sugaites soleiformis n. sp." = Cambroclavus bicornis Qian and Xiao 1984