Mafang_Maf-a Background [Yuanshan Fm] (Cambrian of China)

Also known as Chengjiang biota

Where: Yunnan, China (24.8° N, 102.6° E: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 161.1° E)

When: Eoredlichia-Wutingaspis trilobite zone, Maotianshan Sh Member (Yuanshan Formation), Atdabanian (521.0 - 516.0 Ma)

• 9 cm thick interval with alternating event layers and background mudstones.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, soft parts

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ),

Primary reference: S.-X. Hu. 2005. Taphonomy and Palaeoecology of the Early Cambrian Chengjiang Biota from Eastern Yunnan, China. Berliner Paläobiologische Abhandlungen 7:1-197 [A. Lin/A. Lin]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 90150: authorized by Alex Lin, entered by Alex Lin on 09.07.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
 Palaeoscolecidomorpha - Cricocosmiidae
Cricocosmia jinningensis Hou and Sun 1988
Palaeoscolecida
 Cricocosmida - Palaeoscolecidae
Mafangscolex sinensis Hou and Sun 1988
unclassified
  -
Arthropoda indet. Latreille 1829
 Bradoriida -
Crustacea
 Waptiida - Waptiidae
Deuteropoda
 Isoxyida - Isoxyidae
Isoxys auritus Jiang 1982
Hyolitha
 Hyolithida - Sulcavitidae
Brachiopoda
  - Mickwitziidae
Heliomedusa orienta Sun and Hou 1987
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Obolidae
"Lingulella chengjiangensis" = Eoglossa chengjiangensis
"Lingulella chengjiangensis" = Eoglossa chengjiangensis Jin et al. 1993
unclassified
  -
Problematica indet. Andrews 1970
Porifera indet. Grant 1836
Hexactinellida
 Reticulosa - Protospongiidae
Saetaspongia densa Mehl and Reitner 1993 glass sponge
Triticispongia diagonata Steiner et al. 1993 glass sponge
Demospongiae
 Protomonaxonida - Leptomitidae
Leptomitella conica Chen et al. 1989 demosponge
Paraleptomitella dictyodroma Chen et al. 1989 demosponge
 Protomonaxonida - Choiidae
Allantospongia mica Rigby and Hou 1995 demosponge