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
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 | |
Changia sp. Sun 1924 trilobite
Changia chinensis Sun 1924 trilobite | |
Prosaukia sp. Ulrich and Resser 1933 trilobite |