Fandian, bed 4 (Cambrian of China)

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
 Redlichiida - Redlichiidae
Chaoaspis palmeri Li 1980 trilobite
Eoredlichia sp. Chang 1950 trilobite
Wutingaspis sp. Kobayashi 1944 trilobite
Wutingaspis zhangshanensis n. sp. Li et al. 1990 trilobite
Wutingaspis sichuanensis Lee 1978 trilobite