Caigou (Cambrian of China)

Where: Henan, China (32.9° N, 111.4° E: paleocoordinates 18.1° N, 149.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Shengwan Formation, Niuchehean (489.5 - 485.4 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified, argillaceous lime mudstone

• open platform
• argillaceous micrite 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 127296: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.05.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Show authors, comments, and common names
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Leiostegiidae
Chuangiella elongata, Chuangiella sichuanica, Chuangiella shengwanensis n. sp.
Chuangiella elongata Kobayashi 1935 trilobite
Chuangiella sichuanica Kuo 1965 trilobite
Chuangiella shengwanensis n. sp. Yang et al. 1993 trilobite