Laolin lal51 (Cambrian of China)

Where: Yunnan, China (26.3° N, 103.2° E: paleocoordinates 32.6° N, 159.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Anabarites trisulcatus - Protohertzina anabarica small shelly zone, Zhongyicun Member (Zhujiaqing Formation), Cambrian (538.8 - 485.4 Ma)

• Fortunian, Cambrian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, dolomitic, black, carbonaceous limestone

• The basal Zhongyicun Member is composed of 13 m of horizontally bedded dark limestone and dolomitic limestone.

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 201532: authorized by Lin Na, entered by Lin Na on 13.05.2019

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Taxonomic list

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Scyphozoa
 Anabaritida - Anabaritidae
Cambrotubulus decurvatus
Cambrotubulus decurvatus Rozanov et al. 1969 jellyfish
 Coronatae -
Olivooides multisulcatus
Olivooides multisulcatus Qian 1977 jellyfish