Wuliu Quarry, FZX08 (Cambrian of China)

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

• Jiangnan Slope Belt
• 0.5-1.5 cm thick, internally laminated claystone beds, olive green to medium grey; well bedded, minor carbonate layers 2-3 mm thick, grey with rusty rims, lenticular shape

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 128257: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.06.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Eodiscidae
Pagetia taijiangensis
Pagetia taijiangensis Yuan et al. 1997
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Dorypygidae
Olenoides paraptus
Olenoides paraptus Zhao et al. 1994 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae
Oryctocephalus indicus, Euarthricocephalus taijiangensis, Metarthricocephalus spinosus
Oryctocephalus indicus Reed 1910 trilobite
Euarthricocephalus taijiangensis Zhou and Yuan 2002 trilobite
Metarthricocephalus spinosus Zhao and Yuan 2002 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae
Xingrenaspis xingrenensis, Nangaoia (Shilengshuia) conica
Xingrenaspis xingrenensis Zhang et al. 1980 trilobite
Nangaoia (Shilengshuia) conica Yuan and Zhao 2002 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Proasaphiscidae
Miaobanpoia angustilimbata
Miaobanpoia angustilimbata Zhang et al. 1980 trilobite