Ma'an Shan, Kunshan (Cambrian of China)

Where: Jiangsu, China (31.4° N, 120.9° E: paleocoordinates 15.2° N, 148.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Paotaishan Formation, Wangcunian (504.5 - 497.0 Ma)

• "Paotaishan" Formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified dolomite

• calcareous and muddy dolomite

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: Y. Qian and Z. Zhou. 1984. Middle and early Upper Cambrian trilobites from Kunshan, Jiangsu with reference to their distribution in the Lower Yangtze Region. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 23(2):170-184 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 127386: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.05.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Spinagnostidae
Hypagnostus bilobatus n. sp.
Hypagnostus bilobatus n. sp. Qian and Zhou 1984
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Dorypygidae
Dorypyge kunshanensis n. sp.
Dorypyge kunshanensis n. sp. Qian and Zhou 1984 trilobite
 Olenida - Olenidae
Aojia latifronsa n. sp.
Aojia latifronsa n. sp. Qian and Zhou 1984 trilobite
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"Aethia rectangula n. gen. n. sp." = Paleoaethia rectangula
"Aethia rectangula n. gen. n. sp." = Paleoaethia rectangula Qian and Zhou 1984 trilobite
 Asaphida - Anomocarellidae
Anomocarella sp.
Anomocarella sp. Walcott 1905 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Proasaphiscidae
? Jiangsuia cylindrica n. sp.
? Jiangsuia cylindrica n. sp. Qian and Zhou 1984 trilobite