Meishucun, Jm-18-2 (Cambrian of China)

Where: Yunnan, China (24.7° N, 102.6° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 2.0° N, 76.4° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Parabadiella trilobite zone, Yuanshan Formation, Nangaoian (521.0 - 514.0 Ma)

• =Yuanshan Member of Heilinpu or Qiongzhusi/Chiungchussu Formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siltstone and lithified, calcareous mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: H. L. Luo. 1981. Trilobites from the Chiungchussu Formation (Lower Cambrian) in Meishucun of Jinning, Yunnan Province. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 20(4):331-340 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 128425: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.06.2012

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Redlichiida - Abadiellidae
Parabadiella yunnanensis n. sp. Luo 1981 trilobite
Parabadiella conica n. sp. Luo 1981 trilobite