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 | |
Allonia sp. Doré and Reid 1965 | |
Neokunmingella sp. Chang 1974 | |
Panlongia tetranodusa | |
Panlongia tetranodusa Liu et al. 2006 | |
Tuzoia sinensis Pan 1957 | |
Anomalocaris saron Hou et al. 1995 | |
Trilobita | |
Redlichia yunnanensis, Redlichia mansuyi, Redlichia noetlingi, Redlichia conica, Redlichia shijiangjunensis
Redlichia yunnanensis trilobite
Redlichia mansuyi trilobite
Redlichia noetlingi trilobite
Redlichia conica trilobite
Redlichia shijiangjunensis Zhang et al. 1980 trilobite | |
Deuteropoda | |
Palaeoscolecida | |
Palaeoscolex sp. Whittard 1953 | |
Lingulata | |
Westonia gubaiensis Luo et al. 2008 | |
Hyolitha | |
Vetulicolida | |
Vetulicola sp. Hou 1987 | |
Eocrinoidea | |
Wudingeocrinus rarus Luo et al. 2008 |