Wuliu Quarry, FZX29 (Cambrian of China)

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

• Jiangnan Slope Belt
• 0.5-1.5 cm thick, internally laminated claystone beds, olive green to medium grey; hacky-irregular bedding with common reddish brown layers about 1 mm thick, few well bedded horizons

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 128090: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.06.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae
Balangcunaspis subcylindricus, Nangaops danzhaiensis
Balangcunaspis subcylindricus Yuan et al. 1997 trilobite
Nangaops danzhaiensis Zhou 1974 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae
Ovatoryctocara cf. granulata, Protoryctocephalus wuxunensis
Ovatoryctocara cf. granulata Chernysheva 1960 trilobite
Protoryctocephalus wuxunensis Zhou 1974 trilobite
 Redlichiida - Redlichiidae
Redlichia takooensis
Redlichia takooensis Lu 1950 trilobite
subsp. longspina
  - Burlingiidae
Burlingia ovata
Burlingia ovata Zhang et al. 1980 trilobite
Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Eodiscidae
Pagetia taijiangensis
Pagetia taijiangensis Yuan et al. 1997