Where: Shaanxi, China (32.9° N, 106.2° E: paleocoordinates 38.0° N, 167.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Dengying Formation, Ediacaran (635.0 - 541.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Dengying Fm for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Neoproterozoic. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in regional section. WK: Dengying Fm. is certainly of Ediacaran age
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with phosphate
Collection methods: bulk, chemical,
• COLLECTOR: Not stated in text, but presumably Steiner et al; unknown date. REPOSITORY: TU Berlin.
Primary reference: M. Steiner, G. Li, Y. Qian, M. Zhu, and B.-D. Erdtmann. 2007. Neoproterozoic to early Cambrian small shelly fossil assemblages and a revised biostratigraphic correlation of the Yangtze Platform (China). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 254:67-99 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 86622: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 09.02.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cloudina hartmannae | |
Cloudina hartmannae Germs 1972 | |
Chenella laevis | |
"Chenella laevis n. gen. n. sp." = Chenmengella laevis
"Chenella laevis n. gen. n. sp." = Chenmengella laevis Zhang et al. 1992 | |
Coleolidae | |
"Sinotubulites cienegensis" = Sinotubulites baimatuoensis
"Sinotubulites cienegensis" = Sinotubulites baimatuoensis Chen et al. 1981 |