Where: Shaanxi, China (33.0° N, 107.9° E: paleocoordinates 27.5° N, 164.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Sinosachites flabelliformis-Tannuolina zhangwentangi small shelly zone, Xihaoping Member (Dengying Formation), Early/Lower Cambrian (538.8 - 509.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Xihaoping Mbr off the Dengying Fm, which is overlain by the Guojiaba Fm. AGE: Meishucunian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From near base of section.

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•Steiner et al. give this as Qiongzhusian. Qian et al. give it as Chiungchussuan, which is a variant spelling. (PJW 2010-06-10.)

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•Ninella tarimensis – Cambroclavus fangxianensis equals to Sinosachites flabelliformis-Tannuolina zhangwentangi described in primary reference

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: peritidal; lithified, nodular, phosphatic limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: concretion, 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 86613: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 09.02.2009, edited by Pete Wagner

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