Yuanjiaping/Kuanchuanpu [Kuanchuanpu Fm] (Cambrian of China)

Where: Shaanxi, China (32.9° N, 106.2° E: paleocoordinates 29.8° N, 165.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Kuanchuanpu Formation, Nemakit-Daldynian (538.8 - 525.5 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Kuanchuanpu Fm for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Meishucunian; probably Nemakit-Daldynian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in regional section.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

• ENVIRONMENT: Not stated in text.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Lithology not stated in text. LITHIFICATION: Assumed lithified as replaced by phosphate.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, 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 86662: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 10.02.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to characteristic taxa figured in publication. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication but with modern nomenclature and with species resolution identifications.
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Cambroclavida
  - Zhijinitidae
Kaiyangites novilis
Kaiyangites novilis Qian and Yin 1984