Hubei Province [Shuijingtuo Fm] (Cambrian of China)

Where: China (31.0° N, 112.0° E: paleocoordinates 24.9° N, 159.0° E)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

• impure limestones

Collection methods: chemical,

• Collection made from 1987 field excursion organized by the International Symposium on the terminal Precambrian and Cambrian Geology, Yichang.

Primary reference: S. Conway Morris and C. Menge. 1990. Blastulospongia polytreta n. sp., an enigmatic organism from the Lower Cambrian, Hubei China. Journal of Paleontology 64(1):26-30 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 7908: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Phil Borkow on 07.06.2000

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Taxonomic list

• The taxonomic list includes unidentified trilobite, brachiopods, sponges, hyolithids, and found in the Shuijingtuo, but does not include bradoriids and acritarchs.
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Foraminifera
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Blastulospongia polytreta n. sp.
Blastulospongia polytreta n. sp. Conway Morris and Menge 1990
unclassified
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Porifera indet.
Porifera indet. Grant 1836
Hyolitha
 Hyolithida -
Hyolithida indet.
Hyolithida indet. Mathew 1962
Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet.
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Trilobita
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Trilobita indet.
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite