Where: Shaanxi, China (32.5° N, 107.1° E: paleocoordinates 28.2° N, 164.5° E)
When: Early/Lower Cambrian (541.0 - 513.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: shelly/skeletal, gray limestone and silty dolomite
Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils
Preservation: cast
Collection methods: bulk, mechanical, acetic
Primary reference: Z. L. Zhang, M. G. Pour, L. E. Popov, L. E. Holmer, F. Y. Chen, Y. L. Chen, G. ABrock and Z. F. Zhang. 2021. The oldest Cambrian trilobite – brachiopod association in South China. Gondwana Research 89:147-167 [V. Syverson/V. Syverson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 223399: authorized by Val Syverson, entered by Val Syverson on 10.11.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chlorophyceae | |
Protomelission gatehousei Brock and Cooper 1993
Cambroclavus fangxianensis Qian and Zhang 1983 | |
Hexactinellida | |
Hexactinellida indet. Schmidt 1870 glass sponge | |
Calcarea | |
Calcarea indet. Bowerbank 1864 calcareous sponge | |
Coeloscleritophora | |
Chancelloria eros Walcott 1920 | |
Trilobita | |
Parabadiella cf. huoi Chang 1966 trilobite | |
Lingulata | |
Eoobolus incipiens Zhang et al. 2021 |