ammonites
Yangshizhuang, Ye Xian (Cambrian of China)

Where: Henan, China (33.4° N, 113.4° E: paleocoordinates 21.8° N, 158.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Xinji Formation, Nangaoian (516.0 - 513.0 Ma)

• 23-32 m. Trilobites from sample H2040-1 (bed 3, 6.56 m thick), Tsanglangpuan

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified dolomite

• N China Platform
• greyish white, dark brown bioclastic dolomite

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: W. M. Feng, Y. Qian, and Z.-q. Rong. 1994. Study of Monoplacophora and Gastropoda from the Lower Cambrian Xinji Formation in Ye Xian, Henan. Acta Micropalaeontologica Sinica 11(1):1-19 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 96525: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 11.06.2010, edited by Uta Merkel