Yuanjiaping, bed 8 (Cambrian of China)

Where: Shaanxi, China (33.0° N, 106.3° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 6.6° N, 68.2° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed 8

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Y. Xing, Q. Ding, H. Luo, T. He, and Y. Wang. 1984. The Sinian-Cambrian boundary of China and its related problems. Geological Magazine 121(3):155-170 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 107776: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.04.2011

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Taxonomic list

Siphonoconcha
 Tianzhushanelliformes - Tianzhushanellidae
Coeloscleritophora
 Chancelloriida - Sachitidae