Helicolocellus type locality, basal Shibantan member: Ediacaran, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Helicolocellus cantori n. gen., n. sp.
Wang et al. 2024
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Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Hubei |
| Coordinates: | 30.8° North, 111.1° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.5° North, 162.1° East |
Time
| Period: | Ediacaran |
| Key time interval: | Ediacaran |
| Age range of interval: | 635 - 538.8 m.y. ago |
| Age estimate: | 551.1 ± 0.7 to 543.4 ± 5.4 Ma (U/Pb) |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | adpression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | NIGPAS |
Metadata
| Database number: | 235125 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Novack-Gottshall | Enterer: | P. Novack-Gottshall |
| Created: | 2024-06-05 14:43:08 | Last modified: | 2024-06-05 14:43:08 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2024-06-05 14:43:08 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 88574. | X. Wang, A.G. Liu, Z. Chen, C. Wu, Y. Liu, B. Wan, K. Pang, C. Zhou, X. Yuan and S. Xiao. 2024. A late-Ediacaran crown-group sponge animal. Nature 630(8018):905-911 [P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Novack-Gottshall/M. Uhen] |