Where: Shaanxi, China (32.9° N, 108.2° E: paleocoordinates 27.3° N, 163.9° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Kuanchuanpu Formation, Early/Lower Cambrian (538.8 - 509.0 Ma)

• Fortunian Stage of Terreneuvian Series

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: replaced with phosphate

Primary reference: J. Han, S. Conway Morris, Q. Ou, D. Shu, and H. Huang. 2017. Meiofaunal deuterostomes from the basal Cambrian of Shaanxi (China). Nature 542:228-232 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 184099: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 31.01.2017

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