Shijiangjun1 Wsh-14, Wuding County [Wulongqing Fm] (Cambrian of China)

Also known as Guanshan fauna

Where: Yunnan, China (25.7° N, 102.2° E: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 160.8° E)

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

• lower part of a 1.3m thick grey green silty mudrock/shale

Environment/lithology: marine; mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression, 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 90367: authorized by Alex Lin, entered by Alex Lin on 17.07.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Coeloscleritophora
 Chancelloriida - Chancelloriidae
Allonia sp. Doré and Reid 1965
 Bradoriida -
Neokunmingella sp. Chang 1974
Panlongia tetranodusa
  -
Panlongia tetranodusa Liu et al. 2006
 Tuzoida - Tuzoiidae
 Radiodonta - Anomalocarididae
Anomalocaris saron Hou et al. 1995
Trilobita
 Redlichiida - Redlichiidae
Redlichia conica trilobite
Redlichia shijiangjunensis Zhang et al. 1980 trilobite
Deuteropoda
 Isoxyida - Isoxyidae
Palaeoscolecida
 Cricocosmida - Palaeoscolecidae
Palaeoscolex sp. Whittard 1953
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Obolidae
Westonia gubaiensis Luo et al. 2008
Hyolitha
 Hyolithida - Sulcavitidae
Vetulicolida
  - Vetulicolidae
Vetulicola sp. Hou 1987
Eocrinoidea
 Gogiida -
Wudingeocrinus rarus Luo et al. 2008