Jingxian, unit 7 (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 7 (An66), 20.06 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 127324: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.05.2012

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Olenida - Idahoiidae
 Ptychopariida - Kingstoniidae
Wanwanaspis wannanensis Qiu 1984 trilobite
Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Diplagnostidae
 Agnostida - Agnostidae
"Geragnostus (Micragnostus) sp." = Micragnostus
"Geragnostus (Micragnostus) sp." = Micragnostus Howell 1935