Palaeoscolex sinensis of the Maotianshan section - Hou and Sun 1988: Tommotian, China
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Geology
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Taxonomic list
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Palaeoscolecida
- Cricocosmida
- Palaeoscolecidae
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Palaeoscolex sinensis
Hou and Sun 1988
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14 specimens | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Yunnan |
| Coordinates: | 24.7° North, 102.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.4° North, 162.5° East |
Time
| Period: | Cambrian | Epoch: | Terreneuvian |
| Stage: | Stage 2 | 10 m.y. bin: | Cambrian 2 |
| *Period: | Early/Lower Cambrian - Middle Cambrian | *Epoch: | Caerfai |
| *International age/stage: | Tommotian | *Local age/stage: | Qiongzhusi |
| Key time interval: | Tommotian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 525.5 - 521 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Qiongzhusi | ||||
| Local section: | Maotianshan | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: The age and lithology for the formation come from the International Subcommission on Cambrian Stratigraphy. URL: www.uni-wuerzburg.de/palaeontologie/Stuff/casu30.htm The main link for the information can be found under ""Life in the Cambrian"" linked under ""Virtual visit to the Cambrian World"". | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified mudstone |
| Lithology description: Finely laminated mudstone. Lithology information for the Qiongzhusi Formation is from the International Subcommission on Cambrian Stratigraphy. | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 9784 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Patzkowsky | Enterer: | P. Borkow | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2001-01-18 12:01:00 | Last modified: | 2003-07-18 18:01:39 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2001-01-18 12:01:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 847. | X.-G. Hou and W. Sun. 1988. Discovery of Chengjiang fauna at Meishucun, Jinning, Yunnan. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 27(1):1-12 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow/P. Wagner] |