Where: Guizhou, China (26.7° N, 108.4° E: paleocoordinates 28.1° N, 154.3° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Oryctocephalus indicus trilobite zone, Kaili Formation, Taijangian (509.0 - 504.5 Ma)
• lowermost Taijiangian (Cambrian stage 5)
• 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 128118: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.06.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Artiopoda | |
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Pagetia taijiangensis Yuan et al. 1997 | |
| Trilobita | |
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Olenoides paraptus Zhao et al. 1994 trilobite | |
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Curvoryctocephalus taijiangensis Zhao and Yuan 2002 trilobite
Oryctocephalus indicus Reed 1910 trilobite
Euarthricocephalus taijiangensis Zhou and Yuan 2002 trilobite | |
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Xingrenaspis xingrenensis Zhang et al. 1980 trilobite | |
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Miaobanpoia angustilimbata Zhang et al. 1980 trilobite | |
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Danzhaiaspis quadratus Zhang et al. 1980 trilobite | |