Huoqiu (Cambrian of China)

Where: Anhui, China (32.4° N, 116.3° E: paleocoordinates 21.3° N, 157.4° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: 4th Member (Yutaishan Formation), Atdabanian (521.0 - 516.0 Ma)

• "The Formation proved by trilobites and ostracodes is middle Lower Cambrian which may correspond with Hongjingshao Member of Canglangpu Formation in East Yunnan"

•Qiongzhusian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, phosphatic, sandy limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: Y.-W. Li and B.-H. Zhou. 1986. Discovery of old microfossil bivalves in China and its significance. Scientia Geologica Sinica 1986(1):38-45 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 157563: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 24.06.2014

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Fordillida - Fordillidae
"Jellia ovata n. sp." = Pojetaia runnegari
"Jellia ovata n. sp." = Pojetaia runnegari Jell 1980 clam