Zhongxin, bed 13 (Cambrian of China)

Where: Guizhou, China (27.1° N, 106.8° E: paleocoordinates 30.2° N, 158.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Huanglianba Formation, Nangaoian (521.0 - 514.0 Ma)

• bed 13 (K25), 16.4 m thick

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: Y. L. Zhao, J. Q. Mao, Y. Z. Huang and J. W. Liu. 1984. Trilobites of the Lower Cambrian Huanglianba Formation from Zhongxin of Kaiyang, Guizhou. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 23(6):755-763 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 127336: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.05.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Paterinata
 Paterinida - Paterinidae
Paterina sp.
Paterina sp. Beecher 1891
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Zacanthoididae
? Qingzhenaspis fuquanensis, Qingzhenaspis intermedia
Qingzhenaspis intermedia Zhao and Huang 1981 trilobite
 Redlichiida - Yinitidae
Meitanella sp., Yinites guizhouensis, Yinites sp., Yinites elongatus
Meitanella sp. Zhang et al. 1980 trilobite
Yinites sp. Lu 1946 trilobite
Yinites elongatus Zhao and Huang 1981 trilobite
 Redlichiida - Redlichiidae
Mianxianella sp., Mianxianella cf. guizhouensis, Mianxianella pustulosa n. sp.
Mianxianella sp. Zhang et al. 1980 trilobite
Mianxianella cf. guizhouensis Zhao and Huang 1981 trilobite
Mianxianella pustulosa n. sp. Zhao et al. 1984 trilobite