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
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 | |
Lingula sp. BruguiƩre 1797 | |
Trilobita | |
Protochittidilla poriformis trilobite | |
Huaiaspis huainanensis n. gen. n. sp.
Huaiaspis huainanensis n. gen. n. sp. Li and Peng 2006 trilobite | |
Zhongtiaoshanaspis huainanensis trilobite | |
Bagongshania huainanensis Lin 1983 trilobite |