Tianmashan II, bed 8 (Cambrian of China)

Where: Zhejiang, China (28.9° N, 118.5° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 20.0° S, 82.0° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Pseudoglyptagnostus clavatus-Sinoproceratopyge kiangshanensis trilobite zone, Huayansi Formation, Paibian (497.0 - 494.0 Ma)

• samples GC13, GC14, Pseudoglyptagnostus clavatus-Sinoproceratopyge kiangshanensis zone of Lu and Lin 1989, =Corynexochus plumula zone of S China

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified limestone and lithified, calcareous shale

• outermost part of the Jiangnan Slope Belt, adjacent to the Jiangnan Basin
• blackish grey thin- to medium-bedded limestones interbedded with light 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 125677: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.03.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Diplagnostidae
Xestagnostus transversus n. sp., "Agnostotes (Pseudoglyptagnostus) clavatus" = Agnostotes orientalis, Pseudagnostus (Pseudagnostus) communis
Xestagnostus transversus n. sp. Lu and Lin 1989
"Agnostotes (Pseudoglyptagnostus) clavatus" = Agnostotes orientalis Kobayashi 1935
Pseudagnostus (Pseudagnostus) communis Hall and Whitfield 1877
 Agnostida - Spinagnostidae
Peratagnostus zhejiangensis n. sp., "? Tomagnostella invalida" = Peratagnostus invalidus
Peratagnostus zhejiangensis n. sp. Lu and Lin 1989
"? Tomagnostella invalida" = Peratagnostus invalidus Lu and Lin 1989
Trilobita
 Asaphida - Ceratopygidae
Proceratopyge (Proceratopyge) distensa n. sp.
Proceratopyge (Proceratopyge) distensa n. sp. Lu and Lin 1989 trilobite