Jingxian, unit 1 (Cambrian to of China)

Where: Anhui, China (30.7° N, 118.2° E: paleocoordinates 14.7° N, 144.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Tangcun Formation, Taoyuanian to Taoyuanian (498.5 - 485.4 Ma)

• unit 1 (An85-An87), 26.12 m thick, Prosaukia-Saukiella assemblage

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone and lithified shale

• argillaceous banded limestone, limestone, shale, marl, dolomitic limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: H. Qiu. 1984. Trilobites from the Upper Cambrian Tangcun Formation in Jingxian, southern Anhui. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 23(3):329-341 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 126856: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 19.04.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Asaphida - Ceratopygidae
"Psiloyuepingia intermedia" = Tamdaspis intermedia
"Psiloyuepingia intermedia" = Tamdaspis intermedia Qian and Qiu 1983 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Kaolishaniidae
Tangjiaella bilira, Pagodia sp.
Tangjiaella bilira Qiu 1984 trilobite
Pagodia sp. Walcott 1905 trilobite
 Olenida - Dokimokephalidae
Jingxiania tangcunensis
Jingxiania tangcunensis Chien 1974 trilobite
Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Diplagnostidae
"Pseudagnostus sp." = Pseudagnostus, "Rhaptagnostus sp." = Pseudagnostus
"Pseudagnostus sp." = Pseudagnostus Jaekel 1909
"Rhaptagnostus sp." = Pseudagnostus Jaekel 1909