Fengkoushao section, Yunnan province - Sun and Hou, 1987 (Cambrian to of China)

Where: Yunnan, China (24.7° N, 102.9° E: paleocoordinates 35.8° N, 162.1° E)

When: Qiongzhusi Formation, Tommotian to Tommotian (525.5 - 521.0 Ma)

• The local/international stage names and lithology were derived from the International Commission on Cambrian Stratigraphy. URL: www.uni-wuerzburg.de/palaeontologie/Stuff/casu30.htm The main link can be found under ""Life in the Cambrian"" on the home page.

Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; lithified mudstone

• Lithology for the formation is also from the International Commisson on Cambrian Stratigraphy.

Collection methods: Collection consists of Palaeoscolecids, a poorly understood group of fossil worms ranging from Lower Cambrian to the Upper Silurian.

Primary reference: W. Sun and X. Hou. 1987. Early Cambrian worms from Chengjiang, Yunnan, China: Maotianshania gen. nov. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 26(3):299-305 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 9783: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Phil Borkow on 18.01.2001

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 Palaeoscolecidomorpha -
Maotianshania cylindrica
Maotianshania cylindrica Sun and Huo 1987