NXC-13 - Xinli section [Xinli Mbr, Degying Fm] (Cambrian of China)

Where: Shaanxi, China (32.5° N, 107.0° E: paleocoordinates 28.2° N, 164.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Anabarites trisulcatus-Protohertzina anabarica small shelly zone, Xinli Member (Dengying Formation), Early/Lower Cambrian (538.8 - 509.0 Ma)

• Xinli member underlies Guajiaba fm. small shellies are assigned to Anabarites trisulcatus-Protohertzina anabarica.Age: Fortunian, Terreneuvian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, cherty/siliceous dolomite

• ENVIRONMENT: Carbonate platform.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Cherty dolomite. In general formation described as dark phosphatic carbonates, siltstones, and cherts. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens and facies descriptions.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with phosphate

Collection methods: bulk, chemical,

• COLLECTOR: Presumably collected by Steiner and others, c. 2000. REPOSITORY: TU Berlin collection (TUBACK).

Primary reference: M. Steiner, G. Li, Y. Qian and M. Zhu. 2004. Lower Cambrian Small Shelly Fossils of northern Sichuan and southern Shaanxi (China), and their biostratigraphic importance. Geobios 37:259-275 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 86587: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 08.02.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for invertebrate fosssils. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature and species resolution identifications.
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 Sachitida - Siphogonuchitidae
Siphogonuchites triangularis
Protoconodonta
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Mongolodus platybasalis, Protohertzina unguliformis
Protohertzina unguliformis
[entered as Protoherzina unguliformis]
Scyphozoa
 Coronatae -
Olivooides multisulcatus
Olivooides multisulcatus Qian 1977 jellyfish
 Conularina - Hexangulaconulariidae
Hexaconularia sichuanensis
Hexaconularia sichuanensis He and Yang 1986 jellyfish