Where: Guizhou, China (26.7° N, 108.5° E: paleocoordinates 27.6° N, 153.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Oryctocephalus indicus trilobite zone, Kaili Formation, Middle Cambrian (509.0 - 497.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, calcareous mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original silica
Primary reference: X.-L. Yang, Y.-L. Zhao, L. E. Babcock and J. Peng. 2017. A new vauxiid sponge from the Kaili Biota (Cambrian Stage 5), Guizhou, South China. Geological Magazine [C. Luo/C. Luo]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 189040: authorized by Cui Luo, entered by Cui Luo on 01.10.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Demospongiae | |
Angulosuspongia sinensis Yang et al. 2017 demosponge |