Wa'ergang, unit 26, 32b (Cambrian of China)

Where: Hunan, China (29.1° N, 110.9° E: paleocoordinates 20.7° N, 147.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Leiostegium constrictum-Shenjiawania brevica trilobite zone, Shenjiawan Formation, Niuchehean (489.5 - 485.4 Ma)

• sample 32b of unit 27, stage 10 of Cambrian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified limestone

• Jiangnan Slope Belt
• argillaceous, laminated limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: S. Peng. 1992. Upper Cambrian biostratigraphy and trilobite faunas of the Cili-Taoyuan area, northwestern Hunan, China. Memoir of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 13:1-119 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 126683: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.04.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Olenida - Olenidae
Euonchonotina waergangensis
 Corynexochida - Leiostegiidae
Leiostegium constrictum
 Proetida - Hystricuridae
Taoyuania nobilis
 Ptychopariida - Solenopleuridae
Acrocephalina cf. acuta
Acrocephalina cf. acuta Troedsson 1937 trilobite
 Asaphida - Ceratopygidae
Hunanopyge sejuncta, Diceratopyge sp.
Hunanopyge sejuncta Peng 1984 trilobite
Diceratopyge sp. Troedsson 1937 trilobite
 Asaphida - Nileidae
Shenjiawania brevica, Platypeltoides (Troedssonia) wimani
Platypeltoides (Troedssonia) wimani Troedsson 1937 trilobite