Where: Guizhou, China (27.5° N, 109.2° E: paleocoordinates 24.8° N, 150.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Glyptagnostus stolidotus trilobite zone, Chefu Formation, Guzhangian (500.5 - 497.0 Ma)
• beds 21-23, upper Chefu Formation, Youshuian = Guzhangian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: slope; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Primary reference: J. L. Yuan and G. Z. Yin. 1998. New polymerid trilobites from the Chefu Formation in early Late Cambrian of eastern Guizhou. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 37(2):137-172 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 125073: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 02.03.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Trilobita | |
"Parachatiania expansa" = Chatiania expansa
"Parachatiania expansa" = Chatiania expansa Yuan and Yin 1998 trilobite | |
Protaitzehoia latelimbata n. sp.
Protaitzehoia latelimbata n. sp. Yuan and Yin 2001 trilobite | |
Prodikelocephalites mesembrinus n. gen. n. sp., Plesiocilia minuta n. gen. n. sp.
Prodikelocephalites mesembrinus n. gen. n. sp. Yuan and Yin 1998 trilobite
Plesiocilia minuta n. gen. n. sp. Yuan and Yin 1998 trilobite | |
Jimachongia lata n. gen. n. sp.
Jimachongia lata n. gen. n. sp. Yuan and Yin 1998 trilobite | |
Pseudomapania cylindrica n. gen. n. sp.
Pseudomapania cylindrica n. gen. n. sp. Yuan and Yin 1998 trilobite | |
Gaoloupingia gaoloupingensis Yuan and Yin 1998 trilobite | |
Jimanomocare nanum n. gen. n. sp.
Jimanomocare nanum n. gen. n. sp. Yuan and Yin 1998 trilobite | |
Neoglaphyraspis trapezoidalis n. sp. Yuan and Yin 1998 trilobite
Neoglaphyraspis nitida Yuan and Yin 1998 trilobite | |
Townleyella rara Yuan and Yin 1998 trilobite
Townleyella similis Yuan and Yin 1998 trilobite | |
Poriplethopeltis sinensis n. gen. n. sp.
Poriplethopeltis sinensis n. gen. n. sp. Yuan and Yin 1998 trilobite | |
Sinocoosella typica n. gen. n. sp.
Sinocoosella typica n. gen. n. sp. Yuan and Yin 1998 trilobite | |
Meteoraspis orientalis n. sp.
Meteoraspis orientalis n. sp. Yuan and Yin 1998 trilobite |