Where: Yunnan, China (24.8° N, 102.8° E: paleocoordinates 36.6° N, 162.5° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Yunnanocephalus trilobite zone, Hongjingshao Formation, Early/Lower Cambrian (541.0 - 513.0 Ma)
• Cambrian Stage 3
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, silty, sandy sandstone and lithified, muddy, sandy mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: soft parts
Primary reference: H. Zeng, F. C. Zhao, Z. J. Yin, G. X. Li, and M. Y. Zhu. 2014. A Chengjiang-type fossil assemblage from the Hongjingshao Formation (Cambrian Stage 3) at Chenggong, Kunming, Yunnan. Chinese Science Bulletin 59(25):3169-3175 [L. Na/L. Na/L. Na]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 185938: authorized by Lin Na, entered by Lin Na on 25.05.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Paraselkirkia | |
Paraselkirkia sp. Luo and Hu 1999 | |
Sicyophorus | |
Hallucigenia sp. Conway Morris 1977 | |
Pectocaris indet. Hou 1999 | |
Combinivalvula sp. Hou 1987 | |
Deuteropoda | |
Trilobita | |
Yunnanocephalus yunnanensis Mansuy 1912 trilobite | |
Kuanyangia (Sapushania) granulosa Zhang 1966 trilobite | |
Hongshiyanaspis yiliangensis Zhang et al. 1980 trilobite
Fuminaspis yunnanaspis Zhang et al. 1980 trilobite | |