Fandian, bed 6 (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: Yiliangella-Yunnanaspis 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 130128: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.07.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Redlichiida - Gigantopygidae
"Zhangshania typica n. gen. n. sp." = Zhangshania typica, "Parazhangshania sichuanensis n. gen. n. sp." = Zhangshania typica, Parazhangshania prompta n. sp., Yiliangella leshanensis n. sp., Yiliangella longa n. sp.
"Zhangshania typica n. gen. n. sp." = Zhangshania typica Li et al. 1990 trilobite
"Parazhangshania sichuanensis n. gen. n. sp." = Zhangshania typica Li et al. 1990 trilobite
Parazhangshania prompta n. sp. Li et al. 1990 trilobite
Yiliangella leshanensis n. sp. Li et al. 1990 trilobite
Yiliangella longa n. sp. Li et al. 1990 trilobite