Mayao (Cambrian of China)

Where: Henan, China (34.2° N, 112.8° E: paleocoordinates 8.0° S, 143.2° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kushan Formation, Guzhangian (500.5 - 497.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: C. L. Chu. 1959. Trilobites from the Kushan Formation of north and northeastern China. Memoirs of the Institute of Palaeontology Academia Sinica 2:44-128 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 129928: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 03.07.2012

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Lichida - Damesellidae
Blackwelderia triangularis n. sp. Chu 1959 trilobite