Where: Shanxi, China (34.8° N, 110.6° E: paleocoordinates 4.8° S, 145.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Redlichia (Pteroredlichia) chinensis trilobite zone, Manto Formation, Duyunian (514.0 - 509.0 Ma)

• Lungwangmiaoan (N China) = Duyunian, stage 4 of Cambrian series 2

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: W. Zhang, H. Lin, H. Wu and J. Yuan. 1980. Cambrian stratigraphy and trilobite fauna from the Zhongtiao Mountains, southern Shanxi. Memoirs of Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology 16:39-110 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 125208: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.03.2012

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