Zhenping-Wuxi road, 1.2 km south of Zhongbao (Cambrian of China)

Also known as Qiongzhusi Formation, Shaanxi, China - Zhang, 1996

Where: Shaanxi, China (32.0° N, 108.0° E: paleocoordinates 28.5° N, 163.5° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Eoredlichia - Wutingaspis trilobite zone, Qiongzhusi Formation, Meishucunian (530.7 - 521.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, gray limestone

• specimens from an 8cm thick limestone bed. the limestone bed is dark grey, thin bedded, structually complex, and discontinuous exposure.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk, chemical,

• The specimens were found while collecting bradoriid ostracodes. The palaeoscolecid cuticles were found with ostracodes, siliceous sponges, and trilobites

Primary reference: X.-G. Zhang and B. R. Pratt. 1996. Early Cambrian palaeoscolecid cuticles from Shaanxi,China. Journal of Paleontology 70(2):275-279 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 6851: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Phil Borkow on 31.03.2000

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Palaescolecida indet., Porifera indet.
Porifera indet. Grant 1836
Deuteropoda
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Ostracoda indet.
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Trilobita
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Trilobita indet.
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite
 Palaeoscolecidomorpha - Cricocosmiidae
Houscolex lepidotus, Houscolex sp.