Also known as Chengjiang biota

Where: Yunnan, China (25.6° N, 102.4° E: paleocoordinates 34.0° N, 160.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Eoredlichia-Wutingaspis trilobite zone, Maotianshan Member (Yu'anshan Formation), Nangaoian (521.0 - 514.0 Ma)

• Qiongzhusian/Chiungchussuan = Nangaoian = Cambrian stage 3; samples from 7 beds of the Maotianshan Shale

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified mudstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: F. C. Zhao, S. X. Hu, J. B. Caron, M. Y. Zhu, Z. J. Yin and M. Lu. 2012. Spatial variation in the diversity and composition of the Lower Cambrian (Series 2, Stage 3) Chengjiang Biota, Southwest China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 346/347:54-65 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 132328: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 13.08.2012

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