Also known as Chengjiang biota

Where: Yunnan, China (25.4° N, 103.4° E: paleocoordinates 34.2° N, 160.9° E)

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

• 30 cm thick, background mudstone with minimal event layers

• 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 90164: authorized by Alex Lin, entered by Alex Lin on 09.07.2009

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