Where: Yunnan, China (24.9° N, 102.8° E: paleocoordinates 34.3° N, 159.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Palaeolenus trilobite zone, Wulongqing Formation, Botomian (516.0 - 512.9 Ma)
• Stage 4. Canglangpuan.
•Megapalaeolenus Zone (= upper Canglangpuan, Stage 4 of the South Chinese regional biostratigraphical zonation)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified mudstone and siltstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: B. Weber, S. Hu, M. Steiner and F. Zhao. 2012. A diverse ichnofauna from the Cambrian Stage 4 Wulongqing Formation near Kunming (Yunnan Province, South China). Bulletin of Geosciences 87(1):71-92 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 139440: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 12.02.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gordia sp., Phycodes sp., Teichichnus sp., Treptichnus pedum, Diplichnites sp., Planolites sp., Merostomichnites sp., Psammichnites sp., ? Thalassinoides sp., Palaeophycus sp., Plagiogmus sp.
Gordia sp. Emmons 1844
Phycodes sp. Richter 1850
Teichichnus sp. Seilacher 1955
Diplichnites sp. Dawson 1873
Planolites sp. Nicholson 1873
Merostomichnites sp. Packard 1900
Psammichnites sp. Torell 1870
? Thalassinoides sp. Ehrenberg 1944
Palaeophycus sp. Hall 1847
Plagiogmus sp. Roedel 1929 | |
Guanshanichnus glockerichnoides | |
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