Shackleton Limestone; H-84 collections (Cambrian of Antarctica)

Where: Antarctica (81.9° S, 158.7° E: paleocoordinates 0.0° S, 154.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Shackleton Formation, Atdabanian (521.0 - 516.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified grainstone

Primary reference: A.R. Palmer and A.J. Rowell. 1995. Early Cambrian trilobites from the Shackleton Limestone of the Central Mountains. Journal of Paleontology Memoir 69(6):1-28 [S. Peters/S. Peters/S. Peters]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 56051: authorized by Shanan Peters, entered by Shanan Peters on 10.11.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Redlichiida - Redlichiidae
Lemdadella antarcticae n. sp.
Lemdadella antarcticae n. sp. trilobite
 Redlichiida - Yunnanocephalidae
Yunnanocephalus sp., Yunnanocephalus longioccipitalis n. sp., Yunnanocephalus cf. yunnanensis
Yunnanocephalus sp. Kobayashi 1936 trilobite
Yunnanocephalus cf. yunnanensis Mansuy 1912 trilobite