Where: Guizhou, China (26.7° N, 106.3° E: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 161.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Niutitang Formation, Nemakit-Daldynian (541.0 - 530.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the basal unit of the Niutitang Fm for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Lower Meishucunian; probably Nemakit-Daldynian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Stratigraphic position in local area is not stated.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with phosphate
Collection methods: bulk, chemical,
• COLLECTOR: Not stated in text, but presumably Steiner et al; unknown date. REPOSITORY: TU Berlin.
Primary reference: M. Steiner, G. Li, Y. Qian, M. Zhu, and B.-D. Erdtmann. 2007. Neoproterozoic to early Cambrian small shelly fossil assemblages and a revised biostratigraphic correlation of the Yangtze Platform (China). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 254:67-99 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 86666: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 10.02.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Palaeacmaea | |
Palaeacmaea sp. Hall and Whitfield 1872 |