Bailongmiao, bed 4 (Cambrian of China)

Where: Henan, China (36.1° N, 113.8° E: paleocoordinates 8.3° S, 139.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Changia/Mictosaukia trilobite zone, Fengshan Formation, Niuchehean (498.5 - 485.4 Ma)

• sample H2063-3 of bed 4 (5.94 m thick)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified dolomite

• N China Platform
• greyish yellow medium-bedded to massive dolomite

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 129219: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.06.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Asaphida - Ptychaspididae
Changia sp. Sun 1924 trilobite
Changia chinensis Sun 1924 trilobite
 Asaphida - Dikelocephalidae
Prosaukia sp. Ulrich and Resser 1933 trilobite