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)
• 10 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 90162: authorized by Alex Lin, entered by Alex Lin on 09.07.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Vetulicolida | |
Vetulicola cuneata Hou 1987 | |
Hyolitha | |
"Linevitus opimus" = Triplicatella opimus
"Linevitus opimus" = Triplicatella opimus Yu 1974 | |
Lingulata | |
Heliomedusa orienta Sun and Hou 1987 | |
unclassified | |
Arthropoda indet. Latreille 1829 | |
Crustacea | |
Chuandianella ovata Li 1975 | |
Amplectobelua symbrachiata Hou et al. 1995 | |
Trilobita | |
"Eoredlichia intermedia" = Eoredlichia intermediata
"Eoredlichia intermedia" = Eoredlichia intermediata Lu 1940 trilobite | |
Yunnanocephalus sp. Kobayashi 1936 trilobite | |
Bradoriida | |
unclassified | |
Porifera indet. Grant 1836 |