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 194150: authorized by Seth Finnegan, entered by Seth Finnegan on 14.06.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Vetulicolida | |
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Vetulicola cuneata Hou 1987 | |
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Conicula striata Luo et al. 1999 | |
| Lingulata | |
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Heliomedusa orienta Sun and Hou 1987 | |
"Lingulella chengjiangensis" = Eoglossa chengjiangensis
"Lingulella chengjiangensis" = Eoglossa chengjiangensis Jin et al. 1993 | |
| Deuteropoda | |
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Isoxys auritus Jiang 1982 | |
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Ercaicunia multinodosa Luo et al. 1999
Branchiocaris ? yunnanensis Hou 1987 | |
| Crustacea | |
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Waptia ovata Lee 1975 | |
| Megacheira | |
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Leanchoilia illecebrosa Hou 1987 | |
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Amplectobelua symbrachiata Hou et al. 1995 | |
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Anomalocaris saron Hou et al. 1995 | |
| Artiopoda | |
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Cindarella eucalla Chen et al. 1996 | |
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Retifacies abnormalis Hou et al. 1989 | |
| Trilobita | |
"Eoredlichia intermedia" = Eoredlichia intermediata
"Eoredlichia intermedia" = Eoredlichia intermediata Lu 1940 trilobite | |
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Yunnanocephalus yunnanensis Mansuy 1912 trilobite | |
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Primicaris lavaformis Zhang et al. 2003 | |
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Kunmingella douvillei Mansuy 1912 | |
| Jianfengia | |
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Jianfengia multisegmentalis Hou 1987 | |
| Bilateria | |
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Luolishania longicruris Hou and Chen 1989 | |
| Archotuba conoidalis | |
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Archotuba conoidalis Hou et al. 1999 | |
| Paraselkirkia jinningensis | |
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Paraselkirkia jinningensis Hou et al. 1999 | |
| Palaeoscolecida | |
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Mafangscolex sinensis Hou and Sun 1988 | |
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Cricocosmia jinningensis Hou and Sun 1988 | |
| Hexactinellida | |
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Saetaspongia densa Mehl and Reitner 1993 glass sponge | |
| Demospongiae | |
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Hazelia "sp.nov" Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
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Leptomitella conica Chen et al. 1989 demosponge
Leptomitus teretiusculus Chen et al. 1989 demosponge
Paraleptomitella dictyodroma Chen et al. 1989 demosponge | |
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Choiaella radiata Rigby and Hou 1995 demosponge | |
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Halichondrites elissa Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
| Heteromorphus confusa | |
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Heteromorphus confusa Chen 2004 | |