Ma'anshan_Mas-c [Yuanshan Fm] : Atdabanian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Porifera indet. Grant 1836
1 specimen
Arthropoda indet. Latreille 1829
3 specimens
Waptiida - Waptiidae
Chuandianella ovata (Li 1975)
38 specimens
Radiodonta - Amplectobeluidae
Amplectobelua symbrachiata Hou et al. 1995
3 specimens
Trilobita - Redlichiida - Redlichiidae
Eoredlichia intermedia (Lu 1940)
2 specimens
recombined as Eoredlichia intermediata
Trilobita - Redlichiida - Yunnanocephalidae
Yunnanocephalus sp. Kobayashi 1936
1 specimen
Bradoriida - Bradoriida
Bradoriida indet. Raymond 1935
9 specimens
Bradoriida
Kunmingella douvillei Mansuy 1912
136 specimens
Comptaluta inflata (Chang 1974)
1 specimen
Kunyangella cheni
24 specimens
Lingulata - Discinida - Disciniidae
Heliomedusa orienta Sun and Hou 1987
5 specimens
Orthothecida - Triplicatellidae
Linevitus opimus Yu 1974
2 specimens
recombined as Triplicatella opimus
Hyolithida - Sulcavitidae
Ambrolinevitus maximus
1 specimen
Ambrolinevitus ventricosus Qian 1978
61 specimens
Vetulicolida - Vetulicolidae
Vetulicola cuneata Hou 1987
2 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Yunnan
Coordinates: 24.8° North, 102.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.1° North, 161.1° East
Time
Period:Cambrian Epoch:Series 2
Stage:Stage 3 10 m.y. bin:Cambrian 2
Key time interval:Atdabanian Trilobite zone: Eoredlichia-Wutingaspis
Age range of interval:521.00000 - 515.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Yuanshan Member:Maotianshan Sh
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: 10 cm thick, slightly bioturbated mudstone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: mudstone
Environment:marine indet. Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression,soft parts
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:ichnofossils
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Chengjiang biota
Database number:90162
Authorizer:A. Lin Enterer:A. Lin
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-07-09 15:19:00 Last modified:2009-07-09 18:19:00
Access level:the public Released:2009-07-09 15:19:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

30233. 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]