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 194161: 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
Leptomitella conica Chen et al. 1989 demosponge
Leptomitus teretiusculus Chen et al. 1989 demosponge | |
"Stellostomites eumorpha" = Eldonia
"Stellostomites eumorpha" = Eldonia | |
| Vetulicolida | |
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Pomatrum ventralis Luo et al. 1999 | |
"Paraselkirkia jinningensis" = Selkirkia sinica
"Paraselkirkia jinningensis" = Selkirkia sinica Luo and Hu 1999 | |
| Sicyophorus | |
|
Palaeopriapulites parvus 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 | |
| Archotuba conoidalis | |
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Archotuba conoidalis Hou et al. 1999 | |
| Shankouia zhenghei | |
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Shankouia zhenghei Chen et al. 2004 | |
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Primicaris lavaformis Zhang et al. 2003 | |
| Deuteropoda | |
| Megacheira | |
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Leanchoilia illecebrosa Hou 1987 | |
|
Fortiforceps foliosa Hou and Bergström 1997 | |
| Deuteropoda | |
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Branchiocaris ? yunnanensis Hou 1987 | |
| Crustacea | |
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Waptia ovata Lee 1975 | |
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Canadaspis laevigata Hou and Bergström 1991 | |
| Deuteropoda | |
|
Fuxianhuia protensa Hou 1987 | |
| Trilobita | |
|
Yunnanocephalus yunnanensis Mansuy 1912 trilobite | |
"Eoredlichia intermedia" = Eoredlichia intermediata
"Eoredlichia intermedia" = Eoredlichia intermediata Lu 1940 trilobite | |
| Artiopoda | |
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Kuamaia lata Hou 1987 | |
|
"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
Cindarella eucalla Chen et al. 1996 | |
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Amplectobelua symbrachiata Hou et al. 1995 | |
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Kunmingella douvillei Mansuy 1912
Combinivalvula chengjiangensis Hou 1987
Acanthomeridion serratum Hou et al. 1989 | |
| Hyolitha | |
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Ambrolinevitus ventricosus Qian 1978
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 | |
|
Lingulellotreta malongensis Rong 1974 | |
| Brachiopoda | |
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Heliomedusa orienta Sun and Hou 1987 | |
| Chileata | |
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Longtancunella chengjiangensis Hou et al. 1999 | |
| Rhynchonellata | |
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Wangyuia yunnanensis Jin 2004 | |
| Archisaccophyllia kunmingensis | |
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Archisaccophyllia kunmingensis Hou et al. 2005 | |
| Beidazoon venustum | |
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Beidazoon venustum Shu 2005 | |
| Haikoucaris ercaiensis | |
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Haikoucaris ercaiensis Chen et al. 2004 | |