Where: Yunnan, China (24.0° N, 102.0° E: paleocoordinates 36.1° N, 161.0° E)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Eoredlichia- Wutingaspis trilobite zone, Yuanshan Formation, Atdabanian (521.0 - 516.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Yuanshan Mbr [now formation rank] of the Chiungchussu Formation. AGE: Atdabanian on the basis of trilobite biostratigraphy; Eoredlichia- Wutingaspis trilobite zone. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From bed 5 near top of section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, gray, green, yellow shale and lithified siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Reposited in the NIGPAS
• COLLECTOR: Not stated in text. REPOSITORY: NIGP (Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology).
Primary reference: Y. G. Jin, X. G. Hou, and H. Y. Wang. 1993. Lower Cambrian pediculate lingulids from Yunnan, China. Journal of Paleontology 67(5):788-798 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Novack-Gottshall]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 90493: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 03.08.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Lingulata | |
"Lingulepis malongensis" = Lingulellotreta malongensis
"Lingulepis malongensis" = Lingulellotreta malongensis Rong 1974 | |
Trilobita | |
"Eoredlichia intermedia" = Eoredlichia intermediata
"Eoredlichia intermedia" = Eoredlichia intermediata Lu 1940 trilobite |