Paibi section, bed 26: Guzhangian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Agnostida - Eodiscidae
Helepagetia bitruncula
Agnostida - Agnostidae
Hadragnostus modestus (Lochman 1944)
Acmarhachis typicalis Resser 1938
Agnostida
Valenagnostus imitans (Oepik 1961)
Agnostida - Phalacromidae
Lisogoragnostus mictus Peng and Robison 2000
Lisogoragnostus hybus Peng and Robison 2000
Agnostida - Clavagnostidae
Clavagnostus trispinus Zhou and Yang 1977
Clavagnostus repandus (Westergard 1930)
Agnostida
Glaberagnostus altaicus Romanenko 1985
Glaberagnostus bituberculatus (Angelin 1851)
Agnostida - Ptychagnostidae
Lejopyge laevigata (Dalman 1828)
recombined as Lejopyge laevigatus
Goniagnostus spiniger (Westergard 1931)
Agnostida - Spinagnostidae
Hypagnostus brevifrons (Angelin 1851)
Hypagnostus parvifrons (Linnarsson 1869)
Tomagnostella sulcifera (Wallerius 1895)
Agnostida - Ammagnostidae
Ammagnostus laiwuensis (Lorenz 1906)
Ammagnostus hunanensis Peng and Robison 2000
Proagnostus bulbus Butts 1926
Agnostida - Diplagnostidae
Linguagnostus stenus Peng and Robison 2000
Oidalagnostus changi Lu 1964
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Leiostegiidae
Wanshania wanshanensis Rong and Yang 1977
Peng et al. 2004
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae
Fuchouia oratolimba Yang 1977
Peng et al. 2004
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dorypygidae
Dorypyge perconvexalis Yang 1977
Peng et al. 2004
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Corynexochidae
Chatiania convexa n. sp. Peng et al. 2004
Peng et al. 2004
Trilobita - Olenida - Asaphiscidae
Luyanhaoaspis decorosa
Peng et al. 2004
Trilobita - Burlingiidae
Schmalenseeia fusilis
Peng et al. 2004
Trilobita
Prodamesella cf. biserrata
Peng et al. 2004
Prodamesella punctata Ergaliev 1980
Peng et al. 2004
Trilobita - Trinucleida - Alsataspididae
Torifera tuma (Yang 1977)
Peng et al. 2004
Trilobita - Asaphida - Anomocarellidae
Neoanomocarella asiatica Hsiang 1963
Peng et al. 2004
? Paranomocarella obvia
Peng et al. 2004
Trilobita - Asaphida - Anomocaridae
? Glyphaspellus sinensis n. sp. Peng et al. 2004
Peng et al. 2004
Paibianomocare paibiense n. gen., n. sp. Peng et al. 2004
Peng et al. 2004
Paracoosia cf. kingi Wittke 1984
Peng et al. 2004
Trilobita - Asaphida - Rhyssometopidae
Qiandongaspis sinensis
Peng et al. 2004
Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Solenopleuridae
Huzhuia latilimbata
Peng et al. 2004
Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Lisaniidae
Baojingia subquadrata
Peng et al. 2004
synonym of Eoshengia
Baojingia jiudiantangensis
Peng et al. 2004
synonym of Eoshengia
Baojingia quadrata
Peng et al. 2004
synonym of Eoshengia
Baojingia youshuiensis
Peng et al. 2004
synonym of Eoshengia
Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Diceratocephalidae
Ajrikina hunanensis (Peng 1987)
Peng et al. 2004
Fenghuangella coniforma
Peng et al. 2004
Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Lonchocephalidae
Neoglaphyraspis nitida Yuan and Yin 1998
Peng et al. 2004
Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Catillicephalidae
Madarocephalus orientalis
Peng et al. 2004
Trilobita - Lichida - Lichakephalidae
Paraacidaspis hunanica Egorova 1960
Peng et al. 2004
Trilobita - Lichida - Damesellidae
Paradamesella peculiaris Zhou 1977
Peng et al. 2004
Damesella hunanensis n. sp. Peng et al. 2004
Peng et al. 2004
Protaitzehoia sp. Yang 1978
Peng et al. 2004
Protaitzehoia subquadrata Peng 1987
Peng et al. 2004
? Blackwelderia sp. Walcott 1906
Peng et al. 2004
Parablackwelderia jimaensis (Yang 1974)
Peng et al. 2004
Palaeadotes hunanensis (Yang 1977)
Peng et al. 2004
Teinistion posterocostum (Yang 1977)
Peng et al. 2004
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Hunan
Coordinates: 28.4° North, 109.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:24.0° North, 150.8° 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 Trilobite zone: Proagnostus bulbus
Age range of interval:500.50000 - 497.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Huaqiao
Local section:Paibi Local bed:26
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: bed 26: 260-279.6 m, Wanshania wanshanensis polymerid trilobite zone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:dolomitic lithified packstone
Secondary lithology: lithified grainstone
Lithology description: dark-gray, thin-bedded, laminated, dolomitic packstone, intercalated with light-gray, thin-bedded grainstone, and a layer of medium gray, medium-bedded breccia (0.4 m thick)
Environment:slope
Geology comments: Jiangnan Slope Belt, lower slope environments with sediment-gravity flows
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:49176
Authorizer:A. Hendy, W. Kiessling Enterer:A. Hendy, U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2005-04-10 13:35:40 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2008-04-10 13:35:40
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
13139. S. Peng and R. A. Robison. 2000. Agnostid biostratigraphy across the Middle-Upper Cambrian boundary in Hunan, China. Journal of Paleontology Memoir 53 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

40918 S. Peng, L. E. Babcock, and H. Lin. 2004. Corynexochida, Lichida and Asaphida. Polymerid trilobites from the Cambrian of northwestern Hunan, China, Volume 1 1-333 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/M. Uhen]