Shuiyu, Zhongtiao Mountains, bed 17 (Cambrian of China)

Where: Shanxi, China (34.8° N, 110.6° E: paleocoordinates 6.3° S, 144.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Yaojiayuella trilobite zone, Maochuang Formation, Taijangian (509.0 - 504.5 Ma)

• Maochuangian (N China) = Taijiangian, stage 5 of Cambrian series 3

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone and lithified shale

• N China Platform
• purple shale and limestone

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 125214: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.03.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae
Probowmaniella sp., Ziboaspis ruichengensis n. sp., Yaojiayuella jinnanensis n. sp., Yaojiayuella poshanensis, Yaojiayuella diversa n. sp.
Probowmaniella sp. Chang 1963 trilobite
Ziboaspis ruichengensis n. sp. Zhang et al. 1980 trilobite
Yaojiayuella jinnanensis n. sp. Zhang et al. 1980 trilobite
Yaojiayuella poshanensis Zhang et al. 1980 trilobite
Yaojiayuella diversa n. sp. Zhang et al. 1980 trilobite