Xianfeng xif1/8 (Cambrian of China)

Where: Yunnan, China (25.5° N, 103.1° E: paleocoordinates 35.7° N, 162.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Paragloborilus subglobosus - Purella squamulosa small shelly zone, Zhongyicun Member (Dengying Formation), Meishucunian (530.7 - 521.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, lenticular, dolomitic phosphorite

• ...a 4.2 m thick phosphorite interlayered withminor dolostone lenticles

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: replaced with phosphate

Primary reference: B. Yang, M. Steiner, G. X. Li and H. Heupp. 2014. Terreneuvian small shelly faunas of East Yunnan (South China) and their biostratigraphic implication. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 398:28-58 [L. Na/L. Na/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 201512: authorized by Lin Na, entered by Lin Na on 12.05.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cambroclavida
  - Zhijinitidae
Paracarinachites sinensis Luo et al. 1982
Cyrtochites
  -
 Sachitida - Siphogonuchitidae
Aculifera
  - Halkieriidae
"Ocruranus finial" = Ocruranus finial, "Eohalobia diandongensis" = Ocruranus finial
"Ocruranus finial" = Ocruranus finial Liu 1979
"Eohalobia diandongensis" = Ocruranus finial Liu 1979