Yangliugang Hill II, bed 13 (Cambrian to of China)

Where: Zhejiang, China (28.8° N, 118.6° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 19.6° S, 81.2° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lejopyge armata trilobite zone, Yangliugang Formation, Wangcunian to Wangcunian (504.5 - 497.0 Ma)

• samples GD19-GD20, Lejopyge armata zone of Lu and Lin 1989, =Lejopyge armata-Lejopyge laevigata-Proagnostus bulbus zones of S China, Drumian-Guzhangian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone and lithified, calcareous shale

• blackish grey thin-bedded limestones and pale grey calcareous shales

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: Y. H. Lu and H. L. Lin. 1989. The Cambrian trilobites of western Zhejiang. Palaeontologia Sinica, new series B 25:1-287 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 125541: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.03.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae
Fuchouia oratolimba
Fuchouia oratolimba Yang 1977 trilobite
 Lichida - Damesellidae
Paradamesella nobilis n. sp.
Paradamesella nobilis n. sp. Lu and Lin 1989 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Papyriaspididae
Pianaspis sinensis
Pianaspis sinensis Yang 1978 trilobite
Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Diplagnostidae
"Diplagnostus zhexiensis" = Diplagnostus planicauda, "Ovalagnostus personatus" = Oidalagnostus changi
"Diplagnostus zhexiensis" = Diplagnostus planicauda Angelin 1851
"Ovalagnostus personatus" = Oidalagnostus changi Lu 1964
 Agnostida - Ptychagnostidae
Goniagnostus (Allobodochus) spiniger, Aotagnostus minutus n. sp., Lejopyge armata
Aotagnostus minutus n. sp. Lu and Lin 1989
Lejopyge armata Linnarsson 1869
 Agnostida -
Phalagnostus carinatus n. sp.
Phalagnostus carinatus n. sp. Lu and Lin 1989
 Agnostida - Clavagnostidae
"Clavagnostus (Leptagnostus) lanceolatus n. sp." = Clavagnostus calensis
"Clavagnostus (Leptagnostus) lanceolatus n. sp." = Clavagnostus calensis Rusconi 1950
 Agnostida - Spinagnostidae
? Tomagnostella sp., Tomagnostella jiangshanensis, Hypagnostus sp., Hypagnostus brevifrons, "Hypagnostus cf. correctus" = Hypagnostus parvifrons
? Tomagnostella sp. Kobayashi 1939
Hypagnostus sp. Jaeckel 1909
Hypagnostus brevifrons Angelin 1851
"Hypagnostus cf. correctus" = Hypagnostus parvifrons Linnarsson 1869
 Agnostida - Peronopsidae
Peronopsis sp.
Peronopsis sp. Corda 1847