Shenjiawan, unit 24, 53: Niuchehean, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Trilobita - Harpetida - Harpetidae
Eotrinucleus antiquus n. sp. Peng 1992
Peng 1992
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Kaolishaniidae
Pagodia (Oreadella) hunanensis
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Tsinaniidae
Shergoldia australis n. sp. Peng 1992
Peng 1992
Trilobita - Olenida - Pterocephaliidae
Cilia plectrifera Peng 1992
Trilobita - Asaphida - Ceratopygidae
Diceratopyge cf. mobergi Troedsson 1937
Diceratopyge obesa Peng 1983
Charchaqia transversa
Charchaqia norini Troedsson 1937
Yuepingia minor Peng 1992
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
? Maryvillia sp. Walcott 1916
Trilobita - Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Ivshinaspis quadrata
Ivshinaspis crispa Petrunina 1973
Trilobita - Asaphida - Dikelocephalidae
Linguisaukia affinis Peng 1984
Agnostida - Diplagnostidae
Rhaptagnostus changshanensis Lu and Lin 1980
Agnostida - Agnostidae
Neoagnostus sabulosus Peng 1992
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Hunan County:Cili
Coordinates: 29.1° North, 111.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:20.7° North, 147.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cambrian Epoch:Furongian
Stage:Stage 10 10 m.y. bin:Cambrian 5
Key time interval:Niuchehean Trilobite zone: Lotagnostus punctatus-Hedinaspis regalis
Age range of interval:489.50000 - 485.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Shenjiawan
Local section:Shenjiawan Local bed:53
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: sample 53 of bed 24, stage 10 of Cambrian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: dark gray, thin-bedded laminated limestone with intercalated light gray, compact limestone
Environment:slope
Geology comments: Jiangnan Slope Belt
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:cast,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:107329
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-04-04 21:22:46 Last modified:2012-04-12 05:59:00
Access level:authorizer only Released:2014-04-04 21:22:46
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

35684. S. Peng and L. E. Babcock. 2001. Cambrian of the Hunan-Guizhou region, south China. Palaeoworld 13:3-51 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]

Secondary references:

41110 S. Peng. 1992. Upper Cambrian biostratigraphy and trilobite faunas of the Cili-Taoyuan area, northwestern Hunan, China. Memoir of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 13:1-119 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]