Meishucun msc14 (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

• The overlying 2 m thick phosphorite is interlayered with dolostone, containing reworked phosphate grains in the upper part and typical Zone II fossils.

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 201530: authorized by Lin Na, entered by Lin Na on 13.05.2019

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Taxonomic list

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Canopoconus
  - Maikhanellidae
"Maikhanella radularis" = Canopoconus superatus
"Maikhanella radularis" = Canopoconus superatus Feng et al. 2001
 Sachitida - Siphogonuchitidae
Siphogonuchites triangularis
Aculifera
  - Halkieriidae
Ocruranus finial
Cambroclavida
  - Zhijinitidae
Paracarinachites spinus, Paracarinachites sinensis
Paracarinachites sinensis Luo et al. 1982