Gaoloufang Kgs-1 [Wulongqing Fm] (Cambrian of China)

Also known as Guanshan fauna

Where: Yunnan, China (25.0° N, 102.8° E: paleocoordinates 34.3° N, 159.7° E)

When: Palaeolenus trilobite zone, Wulongqing Formation, Botomian (516.0 - 513.0 Ma)

• Upper Canglangpuan Stage (the 3rd trilobite zone in the Stage) in South China;

•5.6 m thick greenish yellow micaceous silty mudrock

Environment/lithology: marine; silty mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression, trace, soft parts

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

Primary reference: H.-L. Luo, L. Yong, S.-X. Hu, X.-P. Fu, S.-Q. Hou, X.-Y. Liu, L.-Z. Chen, F.-J. Li, J.-Y. Pang and Q. Liu. 2008. Early Cambrian Malong Fauna and Guanshan Fauna from Eastern Yunnan, China 1-134 [A. Lin/A. Lin]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 90353: authorized by Alex Lin, entered by Alex Lin on 17.07.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

 Bradoriida - Svealutidae
Longquania bispinosa
  -
Longquania bispinosa Luo et al. 2008
Panlongia tetranodusa
  -
Panlongia tetranodusa Liu et al. 2006
 Tuzoida - Tuzoiidae
 Radiodonta - Anomalocarididae
Anomalocaris saron Hou et al. 1995
Trilobita
 Redlichiida - Palaeolenidae
Palaeolenus douvillei Mansuy 1912 trilobite
Palaeolenus lantenoisi Mansuy 1912 trilobite
 Redlichiida - Redlichiidae
Deuteropoda
 Hymenostraca -
Branchiocaris sp. Briggs 1976
 Isoxyida - Isoxyidae
Isoxys minor Luo et al. 2008
Megacheira
 Leanchoiliida - Leanchoiliidae
Guangweicaris spinatus
  - Guangweicarididae
Guangweicaris spinatus Luo et al. 2007
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulellotretidae
 Lingulida - Botsfordiidae
Diandongia pista Rong 1974
 Lingulida - Acrothelidae
Vetulicolida
  - Vetulicolidae
Gangtoucunia aspera
  -
Gangtoucunia aspera Luo and Hu 1999