Meishucun k5/2 (Cambrian of China)

Where: Yunnan, China (24.7° N, 102.6° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 0.8° N, 77.8° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Anabarites trisulcatus - Protohertzina anabarica small shelly zone, Zhongyicun Member (Dengying Formation), Jinnigian (538.8 - 530.7 Ma)

• Fortunian, Cambrian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified phosphorite

• Phosphatized stromatolites are locally developed at topographic highs within this lower phosphorite bed.

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 201525: authorized by Lin Na, entered by Lin Na on 13.05.2019

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Taxonomic list

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Purella
  - Maikhanellidae
"Maikhanella sp." = Purella
"Maikhanella sp." = Purella Missarzhevsky 1974
Scyphozoa
 Anabaritida - Anabaritidae
Cambrotubulus decurvatus, Anabarites trisulcatus
Cambrotubulus decurvatus Rozanov et al. 1969 jellyfish
Anabarites trisulcatus Voronova and Missarzhevsky 1969 jellyfish