Nangao, Kaili Formation, unit 10 (Cambrian to of China)

Where: Guizhou, China (26.4° N, 107.9° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 5.3° S, 77.6° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kaili Formation, Duyunian to Duyunian (514.0 - 504.5 Ma)

• unit 10: 4.3 m thick

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

• gray thin-bedded limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: S. Peng and L. E. Babcock. 2001. Cambrian of the Hunan-Guizhou region, south China. Palaeoworld 13:3-51 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 107175: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 02.04.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Eodiscidae
Pagetia danzhaiensis
Pagetia danzhaiensis Zhang et al. 1980
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Dorypygidae
Kootenia jialaoensis
Kootenia jialaoensis Lu and Chien 1978 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae
Oryctocephalus sp.
Oryctocephalus sp. Walcott 1886 trilobite
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Obolidae
Dicellomus sp.