Yuanjiaping, beds 4-5 (Cambrian of China)

Where: Shaanxi, China (33.0° N, 106.3° E: paleocoordinates 28.8° N, 166.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kuanchuanpu Formation, Meishucunian (530.7 - 521.0 Ma)

• beds 4-5, Anabarites trisulcatus-Protohertzina anabarica zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Y. Xing, Q. Ding, H. Luo, T. He, and Y. Wang. 1984. The Sinian-Cambrian boundary of China and its related problems. Geological Magazine 121(3):155-170 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 107774: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.04.2011

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Taxonomic list

Scyphozoa
 Anabaritida - Anabaritidae
Anabarites trisulcatus Voronova and Missarzhevsky 1969 jellyfish
 Conularina - Carinachitidae
"Carinachites tetrastichus" = Carinachites curvatornatus
"Carinachites tetrastichus" = Carinachites curvatornatus Chen 1982 jellyfish
 Coronatae -
Olivooides multisulcatus Qian 1977 jellyfish
Archaeooides
  -
Archaeooides sp. Qian 1977
Pyrgites
  -
 Sachitida - Siphogonuchitidae
"Palaeosulcachites irregularis" = Siphogonuchites triangularis Qian 1977
Hyolitha
 Orthothecida - Circothecidae
Circotheca sp. Syssoiev 1958
Protoconodonta
  -
Protohertzina sp. Missarzhevsky 1973