Benxi Q, unit 3 (Cambrian of China)

Where: Liaoning, China (41.2° N, 123.7° E: paleocoordinates 7.3° N, 146.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Megapalaeolenus trilobite zone, Jianchang Formation, Duyunian (514.0 - 509.0 Ma)

• sample Q1, upper Tsanglangpuan

• 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 128391: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.06.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Redlichiida - Palaeolenidae
Megapalaeolenus (Latipalaeolenus) houdapoensis n. sp. Guo and An 1982 trilobite
 Redlichiida - Redlichiidae
Redlichia jianchangensis Guo and An 1982 trilobite