Where: Yunnan, China (24.6° N, 103.1° E: paleocoordinates 38.2° N, 163.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Zhongyicun Member (Zhujiaqing Formation), Nemakit-Daldynian (538.8 - 525.5 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Zhongyicun Mbr of the Zhujiaqing Fm. AGE: Meischucunian stage in Feng et al (2001); placed here in Nemakit-Daldynian according to Steiner et al. (2007) based on correlation of Zhongyicun Mbr to lower Meischucunian= Nemakit-Daldynian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From upper phosphatic bed (Feng et al., 2001).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified phosphorite

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: replaced with phosphate

Reposited in the NIGPAS

Collection methods: bulk,

• COLLECTOR: Not stated in text. REPOSITORY: Nanjing Instutute of Paleontology and Geology (NIPG).

Primary reference: W. M. Feng, W. G. Sun, and Y. Qian. 2001. Skeletalization characters, classification and evolutionary significance of Early Cambrian Monoplacophoran maikhanellids. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 40:195-213 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87095: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 03.03.2009, edited by Pete Wagner

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