Gaoloufang Kgs-2 [Wulongqing Fm] (Cambrian of China)

Also known as Guanshan fauna

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

• Paleocoordinates: 1.7° N, 76.4° E (Wright 2013)

When: Palaeolenus trilobite zone, Wulongqing Formation, Botomian (516.0 - 512.1 Ma)

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

•4.9 m thick greenish yellow mudrock

Environment/lithology: marine; 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 90355: authorized by Alex Lin, entered by Alex Lin on 17.07.2009

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Taxonomic list

Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulellotretidae
 Lingulida - Botsfordiidae
Diandongia pista Rong 1974
Brachiopoda
  - Mickwitziidae
Kutorginata
 Kutorginida - Nisusiidae
Nisusia sp. Walcott 1905
Trilobita
 Redlichiida - Palaeolenidae
Palaeolenus lantenoisi Mansuy 1912 trilobite
 Redlichiida - Redlichiidae
 Corynexochida - Dorypygidae
Kootenia bolis Zhang et al. 1980 trilobite
 Tuzoida - Tuzoiidae
Tuzoia sinensis Pan 1957
Panlongia spinosa
  -
Panlongia spinosa Liu et al. 2006
Vetulicolida
  - Vetulicolidae