Where: Shanxi, China (38.6° N, 113.1° E: paleocoordinates 4.0° S, 140.9° E)

When: Zhangxia Formation, Wangcunian (504.5 - 497.0 Ma)

• Oolitic limestone about 30 feet (9 m.) above the base of the Ki-chou limestone. Ki-chou limestone seems to be a very archaic name for the Zhangxia.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; ooidal limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: C. D. Walcott. 1913. The Cambrian faunas of China. Research in China 3:1-276 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 232857: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 02.01.2024

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