Zhongbao, Xianfeng (Cambrian of China)

Where: Hubei, China (29.7° N, 109.3° E: paleocoordinates 29.2° N, 160.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Tianheban Formation, Early/Lower Cambrian (538.8 - 509.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Stored in Yichang Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, Yichang, Hubei, China

Primary reference: Z. J. Fang, J. H. Chen, C. Z. Chen, J. G. Sha, X. Lan and S. Z. Wen. 2009. Supraspecific taxa of the Bivalvia first named, described, and published in China (1927-2007). The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, New Series 17:1-157 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 201164: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 02.05.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Branchiopoda
 Diplostraca - Cycloconchoididae
Cycloconchoides venustus n. sp. Zhang 1980 clam shrimp
Bivalvia
  - Praelamellodontidae
Praelamellodonta elegansa n. sp. Zhang 1980 clam
Stenothecoida
  -
Xianfengoconcha elliptica n. sp. Zhang 1980
Hubeinella formosa n. sp. Zhang 1980 mollusk