Where: Guizhou, China (27.8° N, 107.5° E: paleocoordinates 29.3° N, 158.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

• (=Mingxinsi Formation)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale and lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: W. T. Zhang, Y. H. Lu, Z. L. Zhu, Y. Y. Qian, H. L. Lin, Z. Zhou, S. Zhang and J. L. Yuan. 1980. Cambrian trilobite faunas of southwestern China. Palaeontologia Sinica, new series B 16:1-497 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 127669: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.05.2012

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