Shatan, Jixian, bed 53 (Cambrian of China)

Where: Henan, China (35.4° N, 114.1° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 23.7° N, 102.3° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Changshania trilobite zone, Changshan Formation, Taoyuanian (498.5 - 485.4 Ma)

• sample H2046-29 of bed 53 (5.12 m thick)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified dolomite

• N China Platform
• greyish yellow thin-bedded dolomite

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: W. Zhang, L. Xiang, Y. Liu and X. Meng. 1995. Cambrian stratigraphy and trilobites from Henan. Palaeontologia Cathayana 6:1-166 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 129216: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.06.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Kaolishaniidae
Pagodia sp.
Pagodia sp. Walcott 1905 trilobite
 Olenida - Pterocephaliidae
Dikelocephalites flabelliformis
 Olenida - Dokimokephalidae
Chalfontia sp.
Chalfontia sp. Shergold 1982 trilobite