Yangshizhuang, Ye Xian (Cambrian of China)

Where: Henan, China (33.4° N, 113.4° E: paleocoordinates 21.8° N, 158.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Xinji Formation, Nangaoian (521.0 - 514.0 Ma)

• 23-32 m. Trilobites from sample H2040-1 (bed 3, 6.56 m thick), Tsanglangpuan

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified dolomite

• N China Platform
• greyish white, dark brown bioclastic dolomite

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: W. M. Feng, Y. Qian, and Z.-q. Rong. 1994. Study of Monoplacophora and Gastropoda from the Lower Cambrian Xinji Formation in Ye Xian, Henan. Acta Micropalaeontologica Sinica 11(1):1-19 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 96525: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 11.06.2010, edited by Uta Merkel

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Redlichiida - Estaingiidae
"Hsuaspis zhoujiaquensis" = Estaingia, "Hsuaspis (Madianaspis) huochiuensis" = Estaingia, "Hsuaspis (Yinshanaspis) anhuiensis" = Estaingia
"Hsuaspis zhoujiaquensis" = Estaingia trilobite
"Hsuaspis (Madianaspis) huochiuensis" = Estaingia trilobite
"Hsuaspis (Yinshanaspis) anhuiensis" = Estaingia trilobite
Brachiopoda
 Tommotiida - Lapworthellidae
"Obtusoconus rostriptutea" = Lapworthella rostriptutea
"Obtusoconus rostriptutea" = Lapworthella rostriptutea Qian 1978
Tergomya
 Scenelloidea - Scenellidae
Scenella pycna n. sp.
Scenella pycna n. sp. Feng et al. 1994
Helcionelloida
 Helcionellida - Pelagiellidae
"Auriculaspira adunca" = Pelagiella adunca
"Auriculaspira adunca" = Pelagiella adunca He et al. 1984
  - Helcionellidae
"Bemella obscuricosta" = Securiconus obscuricosta, Securiconus vulgaris n. sp., "Stenotheca emeiensis" = Securiconus emeiensis, Obtusoconus grossicostus n. sp., "Igorellina probosca n. sp." = Fenqiaronia proboscis, "Repenoconus xinjiensis n. gen. n. sp." = Bemella xinjiensis, Anhuiconus microtuberus, "Mellopegma rostratum" = Davidonia rostrata
"Bemella obscuricosta" = Securiconus obscuricosta Zhou and Xiao 1984
Securiconus vulgaris n. sp. Feng et al. 1994
"Stenotheca emeiensis" = Securiconus emeiensis Yü 1979
Obtusoconus grossicostus n. sp. Feng et al. 1994
"Igorellina probosca n. sp." = Fenqiaronia proboscis Feng et al. 1994
"Repenoconus xinjiensis n. gen. n. sp." = Bemella xinjiensis Feng et al. 1994
Anhuiconus microtuberus Zhou and Xiao 1984
"Mellopegma rostratum" = Davidonia rostrata Zhou and Xiao 1984
  - Stenothecidae
Stenotheca drepanoida
Stenotheca drepanoida He et al. 1984