Balang, 8B (Cambrian of China)

Where: Guizhou, China (26.7° N, 108.4° E: paleocoordinates 29.5° N, 156.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kaili Formation, Duyunian (514.0 - 509.0 Ma)

• stage 4 of Cambrian series 2

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified shale

• Jiangnan slope belt

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: J. L. Yuan, Y. L. Zhao, Z. Z. Wang, Z. Zhen, and X. Y. Chen. 1997. A preliminary study on Lower-Middle Cambrian boundary and trilobite fauna at Balang, Taijiang, Guizhou, south China. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 36(4):494-524 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 125154: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.03.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae
Protoryctocephalus sp.
Protoryctocephalus sp. Chow 1974 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Dorypygidae
Mengzia sp.
Mengzia sp. Lo 1974 trilobite
 Redlichiida - Chengkouaspididae
Bathynotus kueichouensis
Bathynotus kueichouensis Lu 1964 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae
Nangaops danzhaiensis, "Paraantagmus (Balangcunaspis) subcylindricus" = Balangcunaspis subcylindricus, "Probowmania (Gunnia) sp." = Gunnia, "Probowmania (Mufushania) sp." = Mufushania
Nangaops danzhaiensis Zhou 1974 trilobite
"Paraantagmus (Balangcunaspis) subcylindricus" = Balangcunaspis subcylindricus Yuan et al. 1997 trilobite
"Probowmania (Gunnia) sp." = Gunnia Gatehouse 1968 trilobite
"Probowmania (Mufushania) sp." = Mufushania Lin 1965 trilobite