Shuiyu, Zhongtiao Mountains, bed 29 (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: Poriagraulos trilobite zone, Hsuchuang Formation, Taijangian (509.0 - 504.5 Ma)

• Hsuchuangian (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, limestone, oolitic 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 125275: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.03.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Ptychopariida - Proasaphiscidae
Proasaphiscus sp.
Proasaphiscus sp. Resser and Endo 1935 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Lorenzellidae
Porilorenzella intermedia n. sp.
Porilorenzella intermedia n. sp. Zhang et al. 1980 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Solenopleuridae
Squarrosoella tuberculata n. gen. n. sp.
Squarrosoella tuberculata n. gen. n. sp. Zhang et al. 1980 trilobite
 Redlichiida - Agraulidae
Poriagraulos abrota
Poriagraulos abrota Walcott 1905 trilobite