Meishucun msc13 (Cambrian of China)

Where: Yunnan, China (24.7° N, 102.6° E: paleocoordinates 36.6° N, 162.6° 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)

• Fortunian, Cambrian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified phosphorite

• A 15 cm debris flow bed was observed at the boundary between Beds 6 and 7.

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 201529: authorized by Lin Na, entered by Lin Na on 13.05.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Protoconodonta
  -
Maikhanella calvata
  - Maikhanellidae
"Maikhanella calvata" = Canopoconus calvatus
"Maikhanella calvata" = Canopoconus calvatus Luo et al. 1982
Helcionelloida
  - Helcionellidae
Oelandiella korobkovi Vostokova 1962
 Sachitida - Siphogonuchitidae
Aculifera
  - Halkieriidae
"Ocruranus finial" = Ocruranus finial, "Eohalobia diandongensis" = Ocruranus finial
"Ocruranus finial" = Ocruranus finial Liu 1979
"Eohalobia diandongensis" = Ocruranus finial Liu 1979
Cambroclavida
  - Zhijinitidae
Scyphozoa
 Anabaritida - Anabaritidae
Anabarites trisulcatus Voronova and Missarzhevsky 1969 jellyfish