Kunshan, 473 m: Guzhangian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Trilobita - Trinucleida - Liostracinidae
Liostracina bella Lin et al. 1983
Trilobita - Monkaspididae
Monkaspis quadratus Yang 1977
corrected as Monkaspis quadrata
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Jiangsu County:Kunshan
Coordinates: 31.4° North, 121.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:14.2° North, 147.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cambrian Epoch:Miaolingian
Stage:Guzhangian 10 m.y. bin:Cambrian 4
Key time interval:Guzhangian
Age range of interval:500.50000 - 497.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:cast
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:core,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:127375
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-05-10 23:24:27 Last modified:2012-05-10 08:24:27
Access level:authorizer only Released:2015-05-10 23:24:27
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
41459. T. R. Lin, H. L. Lin, and T. Y. Zhou. 1983. Discovery of Cambrian trilobites in Kunshan of southeast Jiangsu with reference to the faunal provinciality and palaeogeography. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 22(4):399-412 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]