PBDB Collection

Jingxian, unit 5 (Cambrian 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, Niuchehean (489.5 - 485.4 Ma)

• unit 5 (An69-An72), 25.33 m thick, Wanwanaspis 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 127322: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.05.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
Corynexochida - Kaolishaniidae	"Anhuiaspis jingxianensis" = Mansuyites, Tangjiaella bilira n. gen. n. sp. "Anhuiaspis jingxianensis" = Mansuyites trilobite Tangjiaella bilira n. gen. n. sp. Qiu 1984 trilobite
Corynexochida - Missisquoiidae	Parakoldinioidia sp. Parakoldinioidia sp. Endo 1937 trilobite
Ptychopariida - Shumardiidae	Koldinioidia pustulosa n. sp. Koldinioidia pustulosa n. sp. Qiu 1984 trilobite
Ptychopariida - Kingstoniidae	Wanwanaspis wannanensis n. sp. Wanwanaspis wannanensis n. sp. Qiu 1984 trilobite
Asaphida - Dikelocephalidae	Anderssonella sp. Anderssonella sp. Kobayashi 1936 trilobite
Asaphida - Ceratopygidae	"Psiloyuepingia intermedia" = Tamdaspis intermedia, "Psiloyuepingia cylindrica" = Tamdaspis cylindrica "Psiloyuepingia intermedia" = Tamdaspis intermedia Qian and Qiu 1983 trilobite "Psiloyuepingia cylindrica" = Tamdaspis cylindrica Qian and Qiu 1983 trilobite
Harpetida - Harpididae	Chencunia tripleura n. gen. n. sp. Chencunia tripleura n. gen. n. sp. Qiu 1984 trilobite
Harpetida - Harpetidae	Palaeoharpes cf. primigenius Palaeoharpes cf. primigenius Lu and Qian 1974 trilobite
Artiopoda
Agnostida - Diplagnostidae	Rhaptagnostus anhuiensis n. sp. Rhaptagnostus anhuiensis n. sp. Qiu 1984
Agnostida - Agnostidae	Geragnostus (Micragnostus) chengcunensis n. sp., Geragnostus (Micragnostus) bilobus n. sp., Neoagnostus sp. Geragnostus (Micragnostus) chengcunensis n. sp. Qiu 1984 Geragnostus (Micragnostus) bilobus n. sp. Qiu 1984 Neoagnostus sp. Kobayashi 1955