Songlinpo, lower beds (Cambrian of China)

Where: Hubei, China (30.8° N, 111.1° E: paleocoordinates 27.9° N, 161.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tianzhushan Member (Dengying Formation), Meishucunian (530.7 - 521.0 Ma)

• lower assemblage

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified dolomite

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Chen, Y. Chen, and S. Zhang. 1981. The small shelly fossil assemblage in the limestone of the uppermost part of the Dengying Formation at Songlingpo, Yichang. Journal of the Wuhan College of Geology, Earth Science 1:32-41 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 108414: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.04.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

 Hyolithelminthida - Hyolithellidae
Hyolithellus sp. Billings 1872
Hyolithellus tenuis Rozanov and Missarzhevsky 1966
Protoconodonta
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Protohertzina sp. Missarzhevsky 1973
Hyolitha
 Orthothecida - Circothecidae
Conotheca mammilata, "Circotheca subcurvata" = Conotheca subcurvata, "Circotheca nana" = Conotheca subcurvata, "Circotheca obesa" = Conotheca subcurvata, "Circotheca longiconica" = Conotheca subcurvata, Circotheca longa n. sp.
Conotheca mammilata Rozanov et al. 1969
"Circotheca subcurvata" = Conotheca subcurvata Yü 1974
"Circotheca nana" = Conotheca subcurvata Yü 1974
"Circotheca obesa" = Conotheca subcurvata Yü 1974
"Circotheca longiconica" = Conotheca subcurvata Yü 1974
Circotheca longa n. sp. Chen et al. 1981
 Orthothecida -
Turcutheca sp. Rozanov et al. 1969
Turcutheca maxima n. sp. Chen et al. 1981
"Paragloborilus mirus" = Cupittheca mira He 1977
Helcionelloida
 Helcionellida - Helcionellidae
Tannuella chaoi n. sp., "Huanglingella polycostata n. gen. n. sp." = Oelandiella korobkovi, Anabarella sp., Igorella xilingensis n. sp., Songlinella formosa n. gen. n. sp., Ginella granda n. sp., Ginella altaica n. sp.
Tannuella chaoi n. sp. Chen et al. 1981
"Huanglingella polycostata n. gen. n. sp." = Oelandiella korobkovi Vostokova 1962
Anabarella sp. Vostokova 1962
Igorella xilingensis n. sp. Chen et al. 1981
Songlinella formosa n. gen. n. sp. Chen et al. 1981
Ginella granda n. sp. Chen et al. 1981
Ginella altaica n. sp. Chen et al. 1981
Scyphozoa
 Anabaritida - Anabaritidae
Anabarites trisulcatus Voronova and Missarzhevsky 1969 jellyfish
Cambrotubulus sp. Rozanov et al. 1969 jellyfish
Yangtzesclerites stickforma
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Yangtzesclerites stickforma n. gen. n. sp. Chen et al. 1981
Coleoloides
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? Coleoloides sp. Walcott 1890
Coeloscleritophora
 Chancelloriida - Chancelloriidae
Chancelloria sp. Walcott 1920