Bed B1 Chaijiawa Section (Cambrian of China)

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

• Bioclastic shoal.
• Bioclastic 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

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Taxonomic list

Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales -
Siphonoconcha
 Tianzhushanelliformes - Tianzhushanellidae
Tianzhushanellidae indet. Bengtson et al. 1990
Apistoconcha siphonalis Bengtson et al. 1990
Henaniodus
  -
Coeloscleritophora
 Chancelloriida - Chancelloriidae
Hexactinellida
  -
Hexactinellida indet. Schmidt 1870 glass sponge
Hexactinellida "Fragmental spicules" Schmidt 1870 glass sponge
Heteractinida
 Octactinellida - Eiffeliidae
Eiffelia araniformis Missarzhevsky and Mambetov 1981
unclassified
  -
Trilobita
  -
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite
 Redlichiida - Estaingiidae
Estaingia sp. Pocock 1964 trilobite
Helcionelloida
  - Helcionellidae
Marocella sp. Geyer 1986
 Helcionellida -
 Helcionellida - Yochelcionellidae
 Helcionellida - Pelagiellidae
Pelagiella spp. Matthew 1895
Pelagiella madianensis Zhou and Xiao 1984
  - Stenothecidae
Stenotheca drepanoida He et al. 1984
Xinjispira simplex
  - Khairkhaniidae
Xinjispira simplex Zhou and Xiao 1984
Bivalvia
 Fordillida - Fordillidae
Pojetaia runnegari Jell 1980 clam
Hyolitha
 Orthothecida -