Meishucun msc16 (Cambrian of China)

Where: Yunnan, China (24.7° N, 102.6° E: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 158.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Paragloborilus subglobosus - Purella squamulosa small shelly zone, Zhongyicun Member, Cambrian (538.8 - 485.4 Ma)

• Fortunian, Cambrian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified phosphorite

• This interval is characterized by numerous hardgrounds and smaller erosional surfaces and channels.

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. 398:28-58 [L. Na/L. Na]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 201531: authorized by Lin Na, entered by Lin Na on 13.05.2019

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Taxonomic list

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