Longshan (Cambrian of China)

Where: Hunan, China (29.5° N, 109.4° E: paleocoordinates 25.6° N, 155.8° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Taijangian (509.0 - 504.5 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 127971: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 30.05.2012

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
  - Antagmidae
Longshania longshanensis n. gen. n. sp.
Longshania longshanensis n. gen. n. sp. Zhang et al. 1980 trilobite