Rencun, bed 7 (Cambrian of China)

Where: Henan, China (34.8° N, 111.9° E: paleocoordinates 4.0° S, 146.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Redlichia (Pteroredlichia) chinensis trilobite zone, Manto Formation, Duyunian (514.0 - 509.0 Ma)

• sample H2041-2 of bed 7 (39.46 m thick), Manto (=Mantou) Formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, dolomitic limestone and lithified shale

• N China Platform
• yellowish green thin-bedded dolomitic limestone intercalated with purple shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: W. Zhang, L. Xiang, Y. Liu and X. Meng. 1995. Cambrian stratigraphy and trilobites from Henan. Palaeontologia Cathayana 6:1-166 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 129025: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.06.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Redlichiida - Redlichiidae