Shenjiawan, unit 20, 43 (Cambrian of China)

Where: Hunan, China (29.1° N, 111.0° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 16.6° S, 89.2° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Probilacunaspis nasalis-Peichiashania hunanensis trilobite zone, Shenjiawan Formation, Taoyuanian (498.5 - 485.4 Ma)

• sample 43 of bed 20

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified limestone

• Jiangnan Slope Belt
• dark gray argillaceous, laminated limestone with thin- to medium-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: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 107326: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.04.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Diplagnostidae
Rhaptagnostus cyclopygeformis
 Agnostida - Agnostidae
Lotagnostus cf. scrobicularis
Trilobita
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Pseudogriphasaphus hunanensis
Pseudogriphasaphus hunanensis Peng 1992 trilobite
 Asaphida - Ceratopygidae
Macropyge (Promacropyge) linearis, ? Pseudoyuepingia carinalis
? Pseudoyuepingia carinalis Peng 1992 trilobite
 Asaphida - Dikelocephalidae
Saukia enshiensis
Saukia enshiensis Chu 1974 trilobite
 Trinucleida - Alsataspididae
Jegorovaia convexa
Jegorovaia convexa Lu and Chien 1974 trilobite
 Olenida - Olenidae
Chekiangaspis subquadrata
Chekiangaspis subquadrata Peng 1992 trilobite