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)
• 15 cm thick, slightly bioturbated mudstone
• 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 90161: authorized by Alex Lin, entered by Alex Lin on 09.07.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Lingulata | |
Heliomedusa orienta Sun and Hou 1987 | |
Lingulellotreta malongensis Rong 1974 | |
Hyolitha | |
Ambrolinevitus ventricosus Qian 1978 | |
unclassified | |
Arthropoda indet. Latreille 1829 | |
Trilobita | |
"Eoredlichia intermedia" = Eoredlichia intermediata
"Eoredlichia intermedia" = Eoredlichia intermediata Lu 1940 trilobite | |
Artiopoda | |
Naraoia longicaudata Zhang and Hou 1985 | |
Deuteropoda | |
Isoxys auritus Jiang 1982 | |
Crustacea | |
Chuandianella ovata Li 1975 | |
Bradoriida | |
Kunmingella douvillei Mansuy 1912
Comptaluta inflata Chang 1974 | |
Palaeoscolecida | |
Mafangscolex sinensis Hou and Sun 1988 | |
Maotianshania cylindrica Sun and Huo 1987 | |
unclassified | |
Problematica indet. Andrews 1970 |