Wangcun section, 3m (Cambrian of China)

Where: Hunan, China (28.7° N, 110.0° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 9.2° S, 79.8° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ptychagnostus atavus trilobite zone, Huaqiao Formation, Taijangian (509.0 - 504.5 Ma)

• bed 6 (1.2-21.6m), Dorypyge richthofeni polymerid trilobite zone, Upper Taijiangian, Lower Drumian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified packstone

• Jiangnan Slope Belt, lower slope environments
• bed 6: grayish black, medium- to thick-bedded, laminated packstone bearing rare limestone concretions

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Peng and R. A. Robison. 2000. Agnostid biostratigraphy across the Middle-Upper Cambrian boundary in Hunan, China. Journal of Paleontology Memoir 53 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 49269: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.04.2005, edited by Uta Merkel

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Parayujinia constricta
Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Ptychagnostidae
Ptychagnostus atavus
Ptychagnostus atavus Tullberg 1880
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Corynexochidae
Corynexochina sinensis n. sp.
Corynexochina sinensis n. sp. Peng et al. 2004 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae
Xilingxia ichangensis
Xilingxia ichangensis Chang 1964 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Proasaphiscidae
Maotunia sp.
Maotunia sp. Zhang and Jell 1987 trilobite