Where: Shaanxi, China (32.5° N, 107.2° E: paleocoordinates 26.6° N, 163.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Dictyocyathus shaanxiensis other zone, Xiannudong Formation, Atdabanian (521.0 - 516.0 Ma)
• Qiongzhusian; upper Eoredlician zone
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. Yang, M. Zhu, A. Yu Zhuravlev, K. Yuan, J. J. Zhang and Y. Chen. 2016. Archaeocyathan zonation of the Yangtze Platform: Implications for regional and global correlation of lower Cambrian stages. 153(3):388-409 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 232927: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 08.01.2024
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Archaeocyatha | |
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Dictyocyathus shaanxiensis archaeocyath sponge | |
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Metacyathellus lepidus archaeocyath sponge | |
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? Archaeopharetra chengkouensis archaeocyath sponge | |
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Antoniocoscinus moheoshanensis archaeocyath sponge | |
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Pilodicoscinus yuani archaeocyath sponge | |
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Qinlingocyathus astomus archaeocyath sponge
Qinlingocyathus clarus archaeocyath sponge | |
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Gandinocyathus pinguis archaeocyath sponge | |
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Annulocyathella annuliformis archaeocyath sponge | |
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Afiacyathus abnormis archaeocyath sponge | |
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Dailycyathus xiuqiensis archaeocyath sponge | |
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Robustocyathellus infimdibulus archaeocyath sponge
Rotundocyathus distinctus archaeocyath sponge | |