Where: Guizhou, China (26.7° N, 108.4° E: paleocoordinates 29.5° N, 156.8° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Ovatoryctocara cf. granulata-Bathynotus holopygus trilobite zone, Kaili Formation, Duyunian (514.0 - 509.0 Ma)
• uppermost Duyunian (Cambrian stage 4)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: slope; lithified claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Primary reference: F. A. Sundberg, Y. L. Zhao, J. L. Yuan and J. Lin. 2011. Detailed trilobite biostratigraphy across the proposed GSSP for stage 5 ("Middle Cambrian" boundary) at the Wuliu-Zengjiayan section, Guizhou, China. Bulletin of Geosciences 86(3):423-464 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 128078: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.06.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Trilobita | |
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Protoryctocephalus wuxunensis Zhou 1974 trilobite | |
Olenoides hubeiensis Sun 1984 trilobite | |
Balangcunaspis subcylindricus Yuan et al. 1997 trilobite
Nangaops danzhaiensis Zhou 1974 trilobite |