Where: Henan, China (32.8° N, 111.5° E: paleocoordinates 21.7° N, 156.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Triplagnostus gibbus posterus-Doryagnostus incertus trilobite zone, Xijiadian Formation, Taijangian to Taijangian (509.0 - 497.0 Ma)

• 49.9 m thick, Triplagnostus gibbus posterus-Doryagnostus incertus zone of Yang 1993, probably equivalent to Ptychagnostus atavus-Goniagnostus nathorsti zones, Drumian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

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 127073: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.04.2012

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