Where: Yunnan, China (25.1° N, 103.0° E: paleocoordinates 37.0° N, 163.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Siphogonuchites-Paragloborilus small shelly zone, Dahai Member (Dengying Formation), Meishucunian to Meishucunian (530.7 - 521.0 Ma)
• Meishucunian, seemingly in Tommotian part. Formation given as Yuhucun, but Qian & Bengston (1989) say that should be Dengying
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, phosphatic, gray dolomite and lithified, glauconitic, cherty/siliceous dolomite
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Preservation: cast
Reposited in the PIN
Primary reference: B. Wang. 1994. New mollusks and problematic fossils from the Lower Cambrian of China. Paleontological Journal 28(4):10-17 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 50465: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 15.05.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Canopoconus | |
"Ramenta superata" = Canopoconus superatus
"Ramenta superata" = Canopoconus superatus Feng et al. 2001 | |
Helcionelloida | |
"Lapworthella xianfengensis n. sp." = Obtusoconus honorabilis, Latouchella dimicostata n. sp., Dianella dianensis n. gen. n. sp., "Aegitellus concentricus" = Aegitellus placus
"Lapworthella xianfengensis n. sp." = Obtusoconus honorabilis Qian et al. 1979
Latouchella dimicostata n. sp. Wang 1994
Dianella dianensis n. gen. n. sp. Wang 1994
"Aegitellus concentricus" = Aegitellus placus Luo et al. 1982 | |
Aculifera | |
Halkieria undulatus n. sp., "Halkieria toruliformis n. sp." = Halkieria sthenobasis
Halkieria undulatus n. sp. Wang 1994
"Halkieria toruliformis n. sp." = Halkieria sthenobasis Luo and Jiang 1982 |