Weishan Hill, lower bed 15 (Cambrian of China)

Where: Hebei, China (39.8° N, 118.3° E: paleocoordinates 3.3° S, 138.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• sample Tzwh12-14 of bed 15 (9 m thick)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone and lithified shale

• inter-tidal barrier and restricted marine environment
• purplish grey medium-bedded edgewise limestones intercalated with yellowish green shales

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: Z. L. Zhu and H. W. Wittke. 1989. Upper Cambrian trilobites from Tangshan, Hebei Province, North China. Palaeontologia Cathayana 4:199-259 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 129596: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 25.06.2012

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Prodistacodus palmeri
Conodonta
 Prioniodontida - Acodontidae
Acodus cambricus
  - Amphigeisinidae
"Prooneotodus tenuis" = Phakelodus tenuis
"Prooneotodus tenuis" = Phakelodus tenuis Muller 1959 conodont
 Paraconodontida -
Muellerodus pomeranensis, Furnishina primitiva, Furnishina asymmetrica, Furnishina furnishi, Westergaardodina matsushitai, Westergaardodina bicuspidata, Prosagittodontus eureka, Prooneotodus rotundatus, Prooneotodus gallatini
Furnishina furnishi Muller 1959 conodont
Westergaardodina bicuspidata Müller 1959 conodont
Prooneotodus gallatini Müller 1959 conodont
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Kaolishaniidae
Peichiashania rectangularis, Pagodia "sp. 1", Pagodia "sp. 2", Pagodia (Pagodioides) pustulosa n. sp., Pagodia (Pagodioides) guyeensis n. sp., Pagodia (Pagodioides) sp., Eokaolishania sp., Eokaolishania angustilimbata n. sp.
Peichiashania rectangularis Endo 1937 trilobite
Pagodia "sp. 1" Walcott 1905 trilobite
Pagodia "sp. 2" Walcott 1905 trilobite
Pagodia (Pagodioides) sp. Walcott 1905 trilobite
Eokaolishania sp. Wittke 1984 trilobite
Eokaolishania angustilimbata n. sp. Zhu and Wittke 1989 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Shirakiellidae
cf. Shirakiella sp.
cf. Shirakiella sp. Kobayashi 1935 trilobite
 Olenida - Idahoiidae
Maladioidella splendens
Maladioidella splendens Endo 1937 trilobite