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
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 125158: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.03.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Trilobita | |
"Probowmania (Mufushania) sp." = Mufushania, Kunmingaspis sp., "Paraantagmus (Balangcunaspis) sp." = Balangcunaspis, "Paraantagmus (Balangcunaspis) subcylindricus" = Balangcunaspis subcylindricus, "? Danzhaina sp." = Xingrenaspis, "Nangaoia (Gedongaspis) oblonga" = Gedongaspis oblonga, Nangaops danzhaiensis, Nangaops brevicus
"Probowmania (Mufushania) sp." = Mufushania Lin 1965 trilobite
Kunmingaspis sp. Lu and Chang 1974 trilobite
"Paraantagmus (Balangcunaspis) sp." = Balangcunaspis Yuan et al. 1997 trilobite
"Paraantagmus (Balangcunaspis) subcylindricus" = Balangcunaspis subcylindricus Yuan et al. 1997 trilobite
"? Danzhaina sp." = Xingrenaspis Zhang et al. 1980 trilobite
"Nangaoia (Gedongaspis) oblonga" = Gedongaspis oblonga Yuan et al. 1997 trilobite
Nangaops danzhaiensis Zhou 1974 trilobite
Nangaops brevicus Zhang et al. 1980 trilobite | |
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Protoryctocephalus sp. Chow 1974 trilobite
Euarthricocephalus "sp. 1" Ju 1983 trilobite
Oryctocephalops sp. Lermontova 1940 trilobite | |
Olenoides abnormis n. sp.
Olenoides abnormis n. sp. Yuan et al. 1997 trilobite | |
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Redlichia sp. Cossmann 1902 trilobite | |