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 194153: authorized by Seth Finnegan, entered by Seth Finnegan on 14.06.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| unclassified | |
| Demospongiae | |
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Hazelia "sp.nov" Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
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Paraleptomitella dictyodroma Chen et al. 1989 demosponge | |
| Microdictyon | |
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Microdictyon sinicum Chen et al. 1989 | |
| Diania cactiformis | |
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Diania cactiformis Liu et al. 2011 | |
"Paraselkirkia jinningensis" = Selkirkia sinica
"Paraselkirkia jinningensis" = Selkirkia sinica Luo and Hu 1999 | |
| Palaeoscolecida | |
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Mafangscolex sinensis Hou and Sun 1988 | |
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Cricocosmia jinningensis Hou and Sun 1988 | |
| Priapulidae | |
"Yunnanpriapulus halteroformis" = Xiaoheiqingella peculiaris
"Yunnanpriapulus halteroformis" = Xiaoheiqingella peculiaris Hu 2002 | |
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Primicaris lavaformis Zhang et al. 2003 | |
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Urokodia aequalis Hou et al. 1989 | |
| Deuteropoda | |
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Isoxys paradoxus Hou 1987
Isoxys auritus Jiang 1982 | |
| Megacheira | |
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Leanchoilia illecebrosa Hou 1987 | |
| Deuteropoda | |
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Branchiocaris ? yunnanensis Hou 1987
Ercaicunia multinodosa Luo et al. 1999 | |
| Crustacea | |
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Waptia ovata Lee 1975 | |
| Deuteropoda | |
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Fuxianhuia protensa Hou 1987 | |
| Trilobita | |
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Yunnanocephalus yunnanensis Mansuy 1912 trilobite | |
"Eoredlichia intermedia" = Eoredlichia intermediata
"Eoredlichia intermedia" = Eoredlichia intermediata Lu 1940 trilobite | |
| Artiopoda | |
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Retifacies abnormalis Hou et al. 1989 | |
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Kuamaia lata Hou 1987 | |
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"Naraoia longicaudata" = Misszhouia longicaudata Zhang and Hou 1985
Naraoia sp. Walcott 1912
Naraoia spinosa Zhang and Hou 1985 | |
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Xandarella spectaculum Hou et al. 1991 | |
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Amplectobelua symbrachiata Hou et al. 1995 | |
"Anomalocaris saron" = Houcaris saron
"Anomalocaris saron" = Houcaris saron Hou et al. 1995 | |
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Kunmingella douvillei Mansuy 1912
Combinivalvula chengjiangensis Hou 1987 | |
| Hyolitha | |
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Burithes yunnanensis Hou et al. 1999 | |
| Lingulata | |
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Diandongia pista Rong 1974 | |
"Lingulella chengjiangensis" = Eoglossa chengjiangensis
"Lingulella chengjiangensis" = Eoglossa chengjiangensis Jin et al. 1993 | |
| Brachiopoda | |
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Heliomedusa orienta Sun and Hou 1987 | |
| Rhynchonellata | |
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Wangyuia yunnanensis Jin 2004 | |