Ercaicun_Erc-d [Yuanshan Fm] (Cambrian of China)

Also known as Chengjiang biota

Where: Yunnan, China (24.8° N, 102.6° E: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 161.1° E)

When: Eoredlichia-Wutingaspis trilobite zone, Maotianshan Sh Member (Yuanshan Formation), Atdabanian (520.0 - 516.0 Ma)

• 1 cm single-event mudstone

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, soft parts

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ),

Primary reference: S.-X. Hu. 2005. Taphonomy and Palaeoecology of the Early Cambrian Chengjiang Biota from Eastern Yunnan, China. Berliner Paläobiologische Abhandlungen 7:1-197 [A. Lin/A. Lin]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 90136: authorized by Alex Lin, entered by Alex Lin on 08.07.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cambrorhytium
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 Bradoriida -
 Parvancorinomorpha - Parvancorinidae
Primicaris larvaformis Zhang et al. 2003
Sicyophorus
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Sicyophorus rara Luo and Hu 1999
 Palaeoscolecidomorpha - Cricocosmiidae
Cricocosmia jinningensis Hou and Sun 1988
unclassified
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