Where: Sichuan, China (32.2° N, 108.4° E: paleocoordinates 22.6° N, 155.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Hypagnostus brevifrons-Phoidagnostus bituberculatus trilobite zone, Baguamiao Formation, Wangcunian to Wangcunian (504.5 - 497.0 Ma)

• Hypagnostus brevifrons-Phoidagnostus bituberculatus zone of Yang 1993, probably equivalent to Lejopyge armata-Lejopyge laevigata zones, Drumian-Guzhangian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified lime mudstone and lithified, argillaceous limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: J. Yang, S. Yu, G. Liu, N. Su, M. He, J. Shang, H. Zhang, H. Zhu, Y. Li and G. Yan. 1993. Cambrian stratigraphy, lithofacies, paleogeography and trilobite faunas of East Qinling-Dabashan Mountains, China 1-246 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 127066: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.04.2012, edited by Bethany Allen

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