Jingxian, unit 2 (Cambrian to of China)

Where: Anhui, China (30.7° N, 118.2° E: paleocoordinates 14.7° N, 144.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Tangcun Formation, Taoyuanian to Taoyuanian (498.5 - 485.4 Ma)

• unit 2 (An81-An84), 14.29 m thick, Prosaukia-Saukiella assemblage

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone and lithified shale

• argillaceous banded limestone, limestone, shale, marl, dolomitic limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: H. Qiu. 1984. Trilobites from the Upper Cambrian Tangcun Formation in Jingxian, southern Anhui. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 23(3):329-341 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 127319: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.05.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Diplagnostidae
"Pseudagnostus sp." = Pseudagnostus, "Rhaptagnostus sp." = Pseudagnostus, "Pseudagnostus (Tririmagnostus) obsoletus" = Rhaptagnostus obsoletus
"Pseudagnostus sp." = Pseudagnostus Jaekel 1909
"Rhaptagnostus sp." = Pseudagnostus Jaekel 1909
"Pseudagnostus (Tririmagnostus) obsoletus" = Rhaptagnostus obsoletus Lermontova 1951
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Missisquoiidae
Parakoldinioidia sp.
Parakoldinioidia sp. Endo 1937 trilobite
 Olenida - Dokimokephalidae
Jingxiania sp., Jingxiania beigongliensis
Jingxiania sp. Chien 1974 trilobite
Jingxiania beigongliensis Chien 1974 trilobite
 Asaphida - Dikelocephalidae
Saukia sp.
Saukia sp. Walcott 1914 trilobite
 Asaphida - Ceratopygidae
"Psiloyuepingia intermedia" = Tamdaspis intermedia
"Psiloyuepingia intermedia" = Tamdaspis intermedia Qian and Qiu 1983 trilobite