Yuqing (Cambrian of China)

Where: Guizhou, China (27.4° N, 107.7° E: paleocoordinates 29.5° N, 157.9° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Jiumenchong Formation, Nangaoian (516.0 - 513.0 Ma)

• 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 127752: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.05.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Redlichiida - Estaingiidae
Proichangia carinata n. gen. n. sp.
Proichangia carinata n. gen. n. sp. Zhang et al. 1980 trilobite
 Redlichiida - Mayiellidae
Qiaodiella qiaodiensis n. gen. n. sp. Zhang et al. 1980 trilobite
Qiaodiella wodangensis n. sp. Zhang et al. 1980 trilobite