Where: Yunnan, China (24.8° N, 102.6° E: paleocoordinates 34.5° N, 159.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• Cambrian stage 3

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; lithified mudstone and siltstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: soft parts

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: F. Zhao, J. Caron, D. J. Bottjer, S. Hu, Z. Yin and M. Zhu. 2013. Diversity and species abundance patterns of the early Cambrian (Series 2, Stage 3) Chengjiang Biota from China. [S. Finnegan/S. Finnegan/S. Finnegan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 194140: authorized by Seth Finnegan, entered by Seth Finnegan on 14.06.2018

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