Where: Liaoning, China (41.2° N, 123.7° E: paleocoordinates 5.8° N, 144.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Yaojiayuella trilobite zone, Maochuang Formation, Taijangian (509.0 - 504.5 Ma)

• sample Q8, Maochuang (=Maozhuang) Formation, Cambrian Stage 5

• 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 128399: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.06.2012

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