Where: Yunnan, China (24.7° N, 102.9° E: paleocoordinates 36.6° N, 162.3° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Qiongzhusi Formation, Early/Lower Cambrian (538.8 - 509.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; green, yellow, argillaceous shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Collection consists of Palaeoscolecids, a poorly understood group of fossil worms ranging from Lower Cambrian to the Upper Silurian.

Primary reference: A. Chen, H. Feng, M. Zhu, D. Ma, and M. Li. 2003. A new vetulicolian from the Early Cambrian Chengjiang Fauna in Yunnan of China. Acta Geologica Sinica 77(3):281-287 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 213140: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 26.08.2020

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