Where: Shaanxi, China (34.9° N, 106.9° E: paleocoordinates 6.9° S, 143.6° E)
When: Drepanuroides trilobite zone, Xinji Formation, Botomian (516.0 - 512.9 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Primary reference: H. Yun, X. Zhang, L. Li, M. Zhang, and W. Liu. 2016. Skeletal fossils and microfacies analysis of the lowermost Cambrian in the southwestern margin of the North China Platform. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 129:54-66 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 199515: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 26.01.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chlorophyceae | |
Cambroclavus absonus Morris 1990 | |
Siphonoconcha | |
Tianzhushanellidae indet. Bengtson et al. 1990
Apistoconcha siphonalis Bengtson et al. 1990 | |
Henaniodus | |
Coeloscleritophora | |
Chancelloriidae "Disarticulated rays", Archiasterella quadratina, Archiasterella cf. charma, Archiasterella ? pentactina, Chancelloria spp., Allonnia spp.
Chancelloriidae "Disarticulated rays" Walcott 1920
Archiasterella ? pentactina Sdzuy 1969
Chancelloria spp. Walcott 1920
Allonnia spp. Doré and Reid 1965 | |
Hexactinellida | |
Hexactinellida indet. Schmidt 1870 glass sponge
Hexactinellida "Fragmental spicules" Schmidt 1870 glass sponge | |
Heteractinida | |
Eiffelia araniformis Missarzhevsky and Mambetov 1981 | |
unclassified | |
Echinodermata indet. Klein 1754
Echinodermata "miscellanea" Klein 1754 | |
Trilobita | |
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite | |
Estaingia sp. Pocock 1964 trilobite | |
Helcionelloida | |
Marocella sp. Geyer 1986 | |
Helcionellida indet. Geyer 1994 | |
Yochelcionella chinensis Pei 1985 | |
Pelagiella spp. Matthew 1895
Pelagiella madianensis Zhou and Xiao 1984 | |
Stenotheca drepanoida He et al. 1984 | |
Xinjispira simplex | |
Xinjispira simplex Zhou and Xiao 1984 | |
Bivalvia | |
Pojetaia runnegari Jell 1980 clam | |
Hyolitha | |
Orthothecida indet. Marek 1966 |