Chishanhe, Jixian, bed 26 (Cambrian of China)

Where: Henan, China (35.4° N, 114.1° E: paleocoordinates 3.7° S, 145.5° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Inouyops trilobite zone, Hsuchuang Formation, Taijangian (509.0 - 504.5 Ma)

• sample H2044-14 of bed 26 (9.99 m thick)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

• N China Platform
• grey massive oolitic and argillaceous banded limestone

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 129145: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.06.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Ptychopariida - Proasaphiscidae
Proasaphiscus granulus n. sp.
Proasaphiscus granulus n. sp. Zhang et al. 1995 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Lorenzellidae
Inouyops sp., Inouyops titiana
Inouyops sp. Resser 1942 trilobite
Inouyops titiana Walcott 1905 trilobite