Bed B2 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 199516: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 26.01.2019

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
  -
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite
67
 Redlichiida - Estaingiidae
Estaingia sp. Pocock 1964 trilobite
4
Aculifera
  - Halkieriidae
Halkieria sp. Poulsen 1967
4
Bivalvia
 Fordillida - Fordillidae
Pojetaia runnegari Jell 1980 clam
15
Helcionelloida
 Pelagiellida - Pelagiellidae
Pelagiella spp. Matthew 1895
1
Pelagiella madianensis Zhou and Xiao 1984
5
 Helcionellida -
Helcionellida indet. Geyer 1994
31
 Helcionellida - Helcionellidae
Marocella sp. Geyer 1986
7
 Helcionellida - Stenothecidae
Stenotheca drepanoida He et al. 1984
1
Hyolitha
 Orthothecida -
Orthothecida indet. Marek 1966
110
unclassified
  -
Siphonoconcha
 Tianzhushanelliformes - Tianzhushanellidae
Tianzhushanellidae indet. Bengtson et al. 1990
44
Apistoconcha siphonalis Bengtson et al. 1990
5
unclassified
  -
Heteractinida
 Octactinellida - Eiffeliidae
Eiffelia araniformis Missarzhevsky and Mambetov 1981
60
Hexactinellida
  -
Hexactinellida indet. Schmidt 1870 glass sponge
34
Coeloscleritophora
 Chancelloriida - Chancelloriidae
Henaniodus
  -
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales -
Cambroclavus absonus Morris 1990
7