Kaiyang: Meishucunian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cambroclavida - Zhijinitidae
Kaiyangites novilis n. gen., n. sp. Qian and Yin 1984
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Guizhou
Coordinates: 27.1° North, 107.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.1° North, 161.4° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cambrian Epoch:Terreneuvian
10 m.y. bin:Cambrian 1-2
Key time interval:Meishucunian
Age range of interval:530.70000 - 521.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Niutitang
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: lower Niutitang Formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:106520
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-03-24 00:08:54 Last modified:2011-03-24 04:28:39
Access level:the public Released:2011-03-24 00:08:54
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

35592. Y. Qian and G. Yin. 1984. Small shelly fossils from the lowest Cambrian in Guizhou. Professional Papers of Stratigraphy and Palaeontology 13:91-124 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]