Where: Sichuan, China (29.3° N, 103.5° E: paleocoordinates 30.6° N, 162.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Eoredlichia-Wutingaspis trilobite zone, Yuxiansi Formation, Nangaoian (521.0 - 514.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Primary reference: S. Li, C. Kang, and X. Zhang. 1990. Sedimentary environment and trilobites of Lower Cambrian Yuxiansi Formation in Leshan District, Sichuan. Bulletin of the Chengdu Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources 12:37-56 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 130127: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.07.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Trilobita | |
Wutingaspis conditus, Wutingaspis sp., Wutingaspis zhangshanensis n. sp., Wutingaspis sichuanensis, Eoredlichia sp., Eoredlichia yaoyingensis, Chaoaspis palmeri
Wutingaspis sp. Kobayashi 1944 trilobite
Wutingaspis zhangshanensis n. sp. Li et al. 1990 trilobite
Wutingaspis sichuanensis Lee 1978 trilobite
Eoredlichia sp. Chang 1950 trilobite
Eoredlichia yaoyingensis trilobite
Chaoaspis palmeri Li 1980 trilobite | |