Chengjiang (Cambrian of China)

Where: Yunnan, China (24.7° N, 103.0° E: paleocoordinates 34.3° N, 159.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

• =Chiungchussu Formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

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 127676: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 22.05.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Redlichiida - Redlichiidae
Chengjiangaspis chengjiangensis n. gen. n. sp. Zhang et al. 1980 trilobite