Balang, 9-0 (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 mudstone

• 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 125156: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.03.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Tergomya
 Scenelloidea - Scenellidae
Scenella sp.
Scenella sp. Billings 1872
Trilobita
 Redlichiida - Redlichiidae
Redlichia sp.
Redlichia sp. Cossmann 1902 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae
Oryctocephalops sp.
Oryctocephalops sp. Lermontova 1940 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Dorypygidae
Olenoides abnormis
Olenoides abnormis Yuan et al. 1997 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae
"Probowmania (Mufushania) sp." = Mufushania, "Paraantagmus (Balangcunaspis) sp." = Balangcunaspis, Parashuiyuella sinensis, Danzhaina longispina n. sp., ? Nangaoia sp., Nangaops danzhaiensis, Nangaops brevicus, Eokaotaia sp.
"Probowmania (Mufushania) sp." = Mufushania Lin 1965 trilobite
"Paraantagmus (Balangcunaspis) sp." = Balangcunaspis Yuan et al. 1997 trilobite
Parashuiyuella sinensis Yuan et al. 1997 trilobite
Danzhaina longispina n. sp. Yuan et al. 1997 trilobite
? Nangaoia sp. Zhou 1974 trilobite
Nangaops danzhaiensis Zhou 1974 trilobite
Nangaops brevicus Zhang et al. 1980 trilobite
Eokaotaia sp. Yuan and Zhao 1994 trilobite