Mt. Mantou, Zhangxia, BW56 (Cambrian of China)

Where: Shandong, China (36.4° N, 116.9° E: paleocoordinates 0.2° N, 147.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Qiaotouaspis trilobite zone, Maochuang Formation, Duyunian (514.0 - 509.0 Ma)

• BW56 from unit 12, Qiaotouaspis zone of N China, stage 4 of Cambrian series 2

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone and lithified shale

• N China platform

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: Y. H. Lu, Z. L. Zhu, and J. L. Zhang. 1988. Trilobites of the Maochuang Formation and its age. Memoirs of Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology 24:331-366 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 127526: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.05.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Redlichiida - Redlichiidae
Redlichia sp.
Redlichia sp. Cossmann 1902 trilobite
 Redlichiida - Agraulidae
Pseudoplesiagraulos maozhuangensis n. gen. n. sp., Pseudoplesiagraulos planus n. sp.
Pseudoplesiagraulos maozhuangensis n. gen. n. sp. Lu et al. 1988 trilobite
Pseudoplesiagraulos planus n. sp. Lu et al. 1988 trilobite
  - Antagmidae
Mantoushania subconica n. gen. n. sp.
Mantoushania subconica n. gen. n. sp. Lu et al. 1988 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae
Qiaotouaspis shandongensis n. sp.
Qiaotouaspis shandongensis n. sp. Lu et al. 1988 trilobite