Lishuping lsp122 (Cambrian of China)

Where: Yunnan, China (26.4° N, 103.2° E: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 163.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Watsonella crosbyi small shelly zone, Dahai Member (Zhujiaqing Formation), Meishucunian (530.7 - 521.0 Ma)

• Stage 2, Cambrian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified dolomite

• sandy mudstone and silty dolostone with limestone nodules

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 201580: authorized by Lin Na, entered by Lin Na on 13.05.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Hyolitha
 Orthothecida -
"Actinotheca mira" = Cupittheca mira
"Actinotheca mira" = Cupittheca mira He 1977
Helcionelloida
  - Stenothecidae
Watsonella crosbyi Grabau 1900
Aculifera
  - Halkieriidae
Halkieria sp. Poulsen 1967