Xiuzigou, bed 10a (Cambrian of China)

Where: Henan, China (32.8° N, 111.5° E: paleocoordinates 20.8° N, 154.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Aspidagnostus primitivus-Aspidagnostus orientalis trilobite zone, Xijiadian Formation, Wangcunian (504.5 - 497.0 Ma)

• Aspidagnostus primitivus-Aspidagnostus orientalis zone of Yang 1993, probably equivalent to Goniagnostus nathorsti zone, Drumian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• platform margin slope
• grey thin- to medium-bedded limy dolomite in the upper part, bluish-grey thin-bedded dolomitic limestone with purplish-red calcareous shale in the middle part, leopard limestone in the lower part

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 127075: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.04.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Clavagnostidae
Aspidagnostus primitivus n. sp. Yang et al. 1993
Aspidagnostus orientalis n. sp. Yang et al. 1993
 Agnostida - Spinagnostidae
Hypagnostus transversus n. sp. Yang et al. 1993
Hypagnostus vulgarus Qian and Qiu 1983
 Agnostida - Diplagnostidae
"Pseudoperonopsis syrma" = Acadagnostus syrma, "Peronopsis rakuroensis" = Baltagnostus rakuroensis
"Pseudoperonopsis syrma" = Acadagnostus syrma Opik 1979
"Peronopsis rakuroensis" = Baltagnostus rakuroensis Kobayashi 1935
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae
Fuchouia cf. oratolimba Yang 1977 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Lisaniidae
Eoshengia constricta Zhang 1981 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Papyriaspididae
Pianaspis "sp. 1" Saito and Sakakura 1936 trilobite
Pianaspis "sp. 2" Saito and Sakakura 1936 trilobite
Pianaspis sinensis Yang 1978 trilobite
Pianaspis attenuata Lermontova and Chernysheva 1950 trilobite