Chengkou: Nangaoian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Chengkouiidae
Xiuqiella rectangula Chien and Yao 1974
Trilobita - Redlichiida - Chengkouaspididae
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Chongqing County:Chengkou
Coordinates: 31.9° North, 108.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:6.7° South, 78.7° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Cambrian Epoch: Series 2
Stage: Stage 3 10 m.y. bin: Cambrian 2
Key time interval: Nangaoian
Age range of interval: 521 - 514.5 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Yingzuiyan
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
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:127757
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-05-23 18:46:12 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2015-05-23 18:46:12
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

41622. W. T. Zhang, Y. H. Lu, Z. L. Zhu, Y. Y. Qian, H. L. Lin, Z. Zhou, S. Zhang and J. L. Yuan. 1980. Cambrian trilobite faunas of southwestern China. Palaeontologia Sinica, new series B 16:1-497 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]