Liangshan (Cambrian of China)

Where: Shaanxi, China (33.1° N, 106.9° E: paleocoordinates 25.8° N, 162.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Qiongzhusi Formation, Nangaoian (521.0 - 514.0 Ma)

• =Chiungchussu Formation, just below the zone of Parabadiella huoi

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale

• yellowish-green shales

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: R. Y. Chen. 1985. Lower Cambrian trilobites from Liangshan district of Nanzheng, Shaanxi. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 24(3):332-336 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 129815: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 28.06.2012

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Redlichiida - Abadiellidae
"Parabadiella sp." = Abadiella, "Parabadiella (Danangouia) transversa n. sp." = Abadiella, "Parabadiella (Danangouia) quadrata n. sp." = Abadiella, "Parabadiella (Danangouia) sp." = Abadiella, Parabadiella hanzhongensis n. sp., Parabadiella nanzhengensis n. sp., Parabadiella zhongliangsiensis n. sp.
"Parabadiella sp." = Abadiella Hupe 1953 trilobite
"Parabadiella (Danangouia) transversa n. sp." = Abadiella trilobite
"Parabadiella (Danangouia) quadrata n. sp." = Abadiella trilobite
"Parabadiella (Danangouia) sp." = Abadiella Hupe 1953 trilobite
Parabadiella hanzhongensis n. sp. Chen 1985 trilobite
Parabadiella nanzhengensis n. sp. Chen 1985 trilobite
Parabadiella zhongliangsiensis n. sp. Chen 1985 trilobite