Laoyingshan, 40 (Cambrian of China)

Where: Anhui, China (32.6° N, 116.9° E: paleocoordinates 18.8° N, 153.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Hsuchuangia-Ruichengella trilobite zone, Hsuchuang Formation, Taijangian (513.0 - 505.0 Ma)

• lower Hsuchuangian, Taijiangian, stage 5 of Cambrian series 3

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone and lithified shale

• N China Platform
• reddish brown shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: J. L. Yuan and Y. Li. 1999. Lower-Middle Cambrian boundary and trilobite fauna at Laoyingshan, Huainan, Anhui. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 38(4):407-422 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 125520: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 12.03.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp. BruguiƩre 1797
Trilobita
 Redlichiida - Agraulidae
 Ptychopariida -
Huaiaspis huainanensis n. gen. n. sp.
Huaiaspis huainanensis n. gen. n. sp. Li and Peng 2006 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Proasaphiscidae
 Ptychopariida - Crepicephalidae
Bagongshania huainanensis Lin 1983 trilobite