Where: Hubei, China (30.7° N, 111.1° E: paleocoordinates 25.6° N, 159.4° E)

When: Tsunyidiscus - Sinodiscus trilobite zone, Shuijingtuo Formation, Atdabanian (521.0 - 516.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: sandy limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: acetic

• Phosphatized and phosphatic shells and tubes were extractedfrom buffered acetic acid (5–10%) at the Early Life Institute,Northwest University, Xi’an.

Primary reference: Z.-F. Zhang, Z.-L. Zhang, G.-X. Li and L. E. Holmer. 2016. The Cambrian brachiopod fauna from the first-trilobite age ShuijingtuoFormation in the Three Gorges area of China. Palaeoworld 25:333-355 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 232720: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 25.12.2023

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