Nanjiang (Cambrian of China)

Where: Sichuan, China (32.3° N, 106.8° E: paleocoordinates 29.0° N, 165.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Mofangyan Member (Dengying Formation), Meishucunian (541.0 - 516.0 Ma)

• Mofangyan Member at the top of the Dengying Formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: X. Yang and T. He. 1984. New small shelly fossils from Lower Cambrian Meishucun stage of Nanjiang area, northern Sichuan. Professional Papers of Stratigraphy and Palaeontology 13:35-48 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 107389: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.04.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Vendotaenia
  -
Vendotaenia sp. Gnilovskaya 1971
Scyphozoa
 Anabaritida - Anabaritidae
"Anabarites sp." = Anabarites, "Anabaritellus sp." = Anabarites, Cambrotubulus sp.
"Anabarites sp." = Anabarites Voronova and Missarzhevsky 1969 jellyfish
"Anabaritellus sp." = Anabarites Voronova and Missarzhevsky 1969 jellyfish
Cambrotubulus sp. Rozanov et al. 1969 jellyfish
 Conulariida - Conulariellidae
 Conularina - Hexangulaconulariidae
Hexaconularia sp. He and Yang 1986 jellyfish
 Coronatae -
Olivooides sp. Qian 1977 jellyfish
Coeloscleritophora
 Chancelloriida - Sachitidae
Sachites sp. Meshkova 1969
Fomitchella
  -
Fomitchella inchoata n. sp. Yang and He 1984
Emeithella
  -
Emeithella sp. Qian 1977
Cambroclavida
  - Zhijinitidae
Zhijinites sp., "Nanjiangofolliculus circocodonus n. gen. n. sp." = Cambrothyra, "Nanjiangofolliculus cyclicus n. sp." = Cambrothyra, "Mirabifolliculus chytroformis n. gen. n. sp." = Cambrothyra
Zhijinites sp. Qian 1978
"Nanjiangofolliculus circocodonus n. gen. n. sp." = Cambrothyra
"Nanjiangofolliculus cyclicus n. sp." = Cambrothyra
"Mirabifolliculus chytroformis n. gen. n. sp." = Cambrothyra
Archaeooides
  -
Archaeooides sp. Qian 1977
Emeiconus lepidites
  - Maikhanellidae
"Emeiconus lepidites" = Canopoconus calvatus
"Emeiconus lepidites" = Canopoconus calvatus Luo et al. 1982
Purella
  - Maikhanellidae
"Mirusilites sp." = Purella, "Microlites sp." = Purella
"Mirusilites sp." = Purella Missarzhevsky 1974
"Microlites sp." = Purella Missarzhevsky 1974
Xiadongoconus luminosus
  - Maikhanellidae
"Emeiconus crassispinus n. sp." = Xiadongoconus luminosus
"Emeiconus crassispinus n. sp." = Xiadongoconus luminosus YĆ¼ 1979
 Sachitida - Siphogonuchitidae
"Siphogonuchites sp." = Siphogonuchites, "Trapezochites sp." = Siphogonuchites, "Palaeosulcachites sp." = Siphogonuchites, Lopochites sp.
"Siphogonuchites sp." = Siphogonuchites Qian 1977
"Trapezochites sp." = Siphogonuchites Qian 1977
"Palaeosulcachites sp." = Siphogonuchites Qian 1977
Lopochites sp. Qian 1977
Helcionelloida
 Helcionellida - Helcionellidae
Bemella sp. Rozanov et al. 1969
Hyolitha
 Orthothecida - Allathecidae
Allatheca nanjiangensis n. sp. Yang and He 1984
 Orthothecida -
Turcutheca sp. Rozanov et al. 1969
 Orthothecida - Circothecidae
Circotheca sp. Syssoiev 1958
 Sabelliditida -
"Tumuliolynthus orthacanthus n. sp." = Acanthocassis orthacanthus
"Tumuliolynthus orthacanthus n. sp." = Acanthocassis orthacanthus Yang and He 1984
Protoconodonta
  -
"Hastina bialata n. sp." = Protohertzina unguliformis, Protohertzina dabashanensis n. sp., Hastina quadrigoniata n. gen. n. sp.
"Hastina bialata n. sp." = Protohertzina unguliformis Missarzhevsky 1973
Protohertzina dabashanensis n. sp. Yang and He 1984
Hastina quadrigoniata n. gen. n. sp. Yang and He 1984
 Protoconodontida -
Ganloudina platybasala n. sp. Yang and He 1984
Ganloudina longispina n. sp. Yang and He 1984
Conodonta
 Paraconodontida - Furnishinidae
Hertzina antiqua n. sp. Yang and He 1984 conodont
Hertzina intermedia n. sp. Yang and He 1984 conodont
 Hyolithelminthida - Hyolithellidae
Hyolithellus sp. Billings 1872
Rhabdochites scissus n. sp. Yang and He 1984
 Ichnofossils -
? Chondrites sp. von Sternberg 1833
Planolites sp. Nicholson 1873