Benxi H, unit 6 (Cambrian of China)

Where: Liaoning, China (41.3° N, 124.3° E: paleocoordinates 7.7° N, 147.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Redlichia (Pteroredlichia) chinensis trilobite zone, Mantou Formation, Duyunian (516.0 - 513.0 Ma)

• sample H5, Mantou (=Manto) Formation, Lower Lungwangmiaoan

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: H. J. Guo and S. L. An. 1982. Lower Cambrian trilobites of the Benxi area, Liaoning. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 21(6):615-631 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 128372: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.06.2012

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Redlichiida - Redlichiidae
Redlichia (Pteroredlichia) murakamii Resser and Endo 1937 trilobite
Redlichia tianshifuensis Zhang et al. 1980 trilobite