Jingxian, unit 3 (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 3 (An80), 8.41 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 127320: 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
"Rhaptagnostus sp." = Pseudagnostus
"Rhaptagnostus sp." = Pseudagnostus Jaekel 1909
 Agnostida - Agnostidae
"Geragnostus (Micragnostus) sp." = Micragnostus
"Geragnostus (Micragnostus) sp." = Micragnostus Howell 1935
Trilobita
 Olenida - Dokimokephalidae
Jingxiania tangcunensis, Jingxiania beigongliensis
Jingxiania tangcunensis Chien 1974 trilobite
Jingxiania beigongliensis Chien 1974 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Missisquoiidae
Parakoldinioidia sp.
Parakoldinioidia sp. Endo 1937 trilobite
 Asaphida - Dikelocephalidae
Saukiella diversa n. sp., Saukia jingxianensis, Prosaukia diversa
Saukiella diversa n. sp. Qiu 1984 trilobite
Saukia jingxianensis Chien 1974 trilobite
Prosaukia diversa Chien 1974 trilobite
subsp. diversa and tangcunensis
 Asaphida - Ceratopygidae
"Psiloyuepingia sp." = Tamdaspis
"Psiloyuepingia sp." = Tamdaspis Lisogor 1977 trilobite