Faunal Assemblage A5 (Cambrian of China)

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

• event mudstone

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
  -
Lingulata
 Discinida - Disciniidae
Heliomedusa orienta Sun and Hou 1987
 Lingulida - Obolidae
"Lingulella chengjiangensis" = Eoglossa chengjiangensis
"Lingulella chengjiangensis" = Eoglossa chengjiangensis Jin et al. 1993
 Lingulida - Botsfordiidae
Diandongia pista Rong 1974
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Wangyuiidae
Hyolitha
 Hyolithida - Sulcavitidae
Burithes yunnanensis Hou et al. 1999
Diania cactiformis
  -
Diania cactiformis Liu et al. 2011
Microdictyon
  -
Microdictyon sinicum Chen et al. 1989
 Parvancorinomorpha - Parvancorinidae
Primicaris lavaformis Zhang et al. 2003
Artiopoda
 Conciliterga -
Kuamaia lata Hou 1987
Trilobita
 Redlichiida - Yunnanocephalidae
Yunnanocephalus yunnanensis Mansuy 1912 trilobite
 Redlichiida - Redlichiidae
"Eoredlichia intermedia" = Eoredlichia intermediata
"Eoredlichia intermedia" = Eoredlichia intermediata Lu 1940 trilobite
Artiopoda
  -
Retifacies abnormalis Hou et al. 1989
 Nektaspidida - Naraoiidae
Naraoia sp. Walcott 1912
Naraoia longicaudata Zhang and Hou 1985
Naraoia spinosa Zhang and Hou 1985
 Nektaspidida -
Xandarella spectaculum Hou et al. 1991
 Radiodonta - Amplectobeluidae
 Radiodonta - Anomalocarididae
Anomalocaris saron Hou et al. 1995
Deuteropoda
 Fuxianhuiida - Fuxianhuiidae
Megacheira
 Leanchoiliida - Leanchoiliidae
Deuteropoda
 Isoxyida - Isoxyidae
Isoxys auritus Jiang 1982
Isoxys paradoxus Hou 1987
 Mollisoniida -
Urokodia aequalis Hou et al. 1989
Deuteropoda
 Hymenostraca -
Crustacea
 Waptiida - Waptiidae
Waptia ovata Lee 1975
 Bradoriida -
Priapulidae
  - Priapulidae
"Yunnanpriapulus halteroformis" = Xiaoheiqingella peculiaris
"Yunnanpriapulus halteroformis" = Xiaoheiqingella peculiaris Hu 2002
 Palaeoscolecidomorpha - Cricocosmiidae
Cricocosmia jinningensis Hou and Sun 1988
Palaeoscolecida
 Cricocosmida - Palaeoscolecidae
Mafangscolex sinensis Hou and Sun 1988
Paraselkirkia jinningensis
  -
Demospongiae
 Protomonaxonida - Hazeliidae
Hazelia "sp.nov" Walcott 1920 demosponge
 Protomonaxonida - Leptomitidae
Paraleptomitella dictyodroma Chen et al. 1989 demosponge