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

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 86588: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 08.02.2009

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