Where: Shaanxi, China (33.2° N, 110.9° E: paleocoordinates 23.4° N, 160.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Megapalaeolenus trilobite zone, Wangjiadian Formation, Duyunian (514.0 - 509.0 Ma)

• 7.38 m thick

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified, dolomitic limestone and lithified marl

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 127094: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 24.04.2012

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