Gaoqiaogou, bed 56b: Wangcunian - Guzhangian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Agnostida - Clavagnostidae
Clavagnostus repandus (Westergard 1930)
Agnostida - Spinagnostidae
Tomagnostella exsculpta (Angelin 1851)
Hypagnostus brevifrons (Angelin 1851)
? Acadagnostus transversus n. sp. Yang et al. 1993
synonym of Hypagnostus brevifrons
Agnostida - Diplagnostidae
Linguagnostus wanyuanensis n. sp. Yang et al. 1993
Agnostida
Phoidagnostus bituberculatus (Angelin 1851)
recombined as Glaberagnostus bituberculatus
Agnostida - Phalacromidae
Abagnostus circularis n. gen., n. sp. Yang et al. 1993
recombined as Lisogoragnostus circularis
Agnostida - Peronopsidae
Peronopsis fallax (Linnarsson 1869)
subsp. minor and ferox
Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Papyriaspididae
Pianaspis dictyodroma Yang et al. 1993
Pianaspis sinensis (Yang 1978)
Trilobita - Asaphida - Anomocarellidae
Paranomocarella pujiabaensis Yang et al. 1993
Paranomocarella transversa n. sp. Yang et al. 1993
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae
Fuchouia chiai Lu 1957
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Sichuan County:Wanyuan
Coordinates: 32.2° North, 108.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:22.6° North, 155.5° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cambrian Epoch:Miaolingian
10 m.y. bin:Cambrian 4
Key time interval:Wangcunian - Guzhangian Trilobite zone: Hypagnostus brevifrons-Phoidagnostus bituberculatus
Age range of interval:504.50000 - 497.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Baguamiao
Local section:Gaoqiaogou Local bed:56b
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Hypagnostus brevifrons-Phoidagnostus bituberculatus zone of Yang 1993, probably equivalent to Lejopyge armata-Lejopyge laevigata zones, Drumian-Guzhangian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified lime mudstone
Secondary lithology: lithified argillaceous "limestone"
Lithology description: dark-grey and grey thin-bedded micrite intercalated with argillaceous banded limestone
Environment:slope
Geology comments: platform margin slope
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:127066
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-04-23 19:28:53 Last modified:2012-04-24 07:56:27
Access level:authorizer only Released:2015-04-23 19:28:53
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

41224. J. Yang, S. Yu, G. Liu, N. Su, M. He, J. Shang, H. Zhang, H. Zhu, Y. Li and G. Yan. 1993. Cambrian stratigraphy, lithofacies, paleogeography and trilobite faunas of East Qinling-Dabashan Mountains, China 1-246 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]