Mt. Mantou, Zhangxia, BW69-69a, BW68 (Cambrian of China)

Where: Shandong, China (36.4° N, 116.9° E: paleocoordinates 1.2° S, 146.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Bailiella-Lioparia trilobite zone, Mantou Formation, Taijangian (509.0 - 504.5 Ma)

• Bailiella-Lioparia zone (BW68, 1.2 m, and BW69-69a, 6 m thick), Hsuchuangian (N China) = Taijiangian (S China) = stage 5 of Cambrian series 3. PJW: Bailiella - Lioparia zone beds here are Mantou formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone and lithified shale

• N China platform

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: Y. H. Lu and Z. L. Zhu. 2001. Trilobites from the Middle Cambrian Hsuchuangian stage of Zhangxia, Changqing county, Shandong province. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 40(3):279-293 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 124909: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 28.02.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Ptychopariida - Conocoryphidae
Bailiella lantenoisi
Bailiella lantenoisi Mansuy 1916 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Proasaphiscidae
Honanaspis sp., Honanaspis lui, Honanaspis honanensis, Proasaphiscina mantoushanensis n. sp.
Honanaspis sp. Chang 1959 trilobite
Honanaspis lui Chang 1959 trilobite
Honanaspis honanensis Chang 1959 trilobite
Proasaphiscina mantoushanensis n. sp. Lu and Zhu 2001 trilobite
 Olenida - Asaphiscidae
Lioparia sp.
Lioparia sp. Lorenz 1905 trilobite