Sapushan [Yuanshan Fm] (Cambrian of China)

Where: Yunnan, China (25.7° N, 102.2° E: paleocoordinates 34.7° N, 162.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Yuanshan Formation, Atdabanian (521.0 - 516.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Yuanshan Fm, which overlies the Shiyantou Fm and is overlain by the Hongjingshao Fm. AGE: Straddles the Atdabanian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Stratigraphic position in local area is not stated.

• 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: 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: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 86688: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.02.2009

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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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Microdictyon
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Microdictyon sp.
Microdictyon sp. Bengston et al. 1981