Also known as Chengjiang biota
Where: Yunnan, China (24.8° N, 102.6° E: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 161.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Maotianshan Shale Member (Yuanshan Formation), Atdabanian (520.0 - 516.0 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Maotianshan Shale Mbr of the Yuanshan Fm. AGE: Qiongzhusian in Steiner (2005); correlates to Atdabanian (Steiner, 2007). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within local section.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: delta front; lithified, black, brown, green, carbonaceous mudstone and lithified, black sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression, soft parts
Reposited in the NIGPAS
Collection methods: bulk,
• COLLECTOR: Multiple collectors. REPOSITORY: Early Life Research Center (ELRC) and Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology (NIGPAS), Chengjiang.
Primary reference: S. Q. Dornbos and J.-Y. Chen. 2008. Community palaeoecology of the early Cambrian Maotianshan Shale biota: Ecological dominance of priapulid worms. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 258:200-212 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 86933: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.02.2009, edited by Alex Lin
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Hexactinellida | |
Quadrolaminiella sp. Chen et al. 1990 glass sponge | |
Trilobita | |
Eoredlichia sp. Chang 1950 trilobite | |
Artiopoda | |
Naraoia sp. Walcott 1912 | |
Xandarella sp. Hou et al. 1991 | |
Saperion sp. Hou et al. 1991 | |
Crustacea | |
Waptia sp. Walcott 1912 | |
Canadaspis sp. Novozhilov in Orlov 1960 | |
Ostracoda | |
Acanthomeridion sp. Hou et al. 1989 ostracod | |
Deuteropoda | |
Fuxianhuia sp. Hou 1987 | |
Isoxys sp. Walcott 1890 | |
Megacheira | |
Leanchoilia sp. Walcott 1912 | |
Hallucigenia sp. Conway Morris 1977 | |
Paucipodia | |
Microdictyon | |
Microdictyon sp. Bengston et al. 1981 | |
Acosmia | |
Acosmia sp. Chen and Zhou 1997 | |
Maotianshania sp. Sun and Huo 1987 | |
Lingulata | |
Heliomedusa sp. Sun and Hou 1987 | |
Chileata | |
Longtancunella chengjiangensis Hou et al. 1999 | |
Vetulicolida | |
Vetulicola sp. Hou 1987 | |
Eldonia sp. Walcott 1911 |