Where: Shaanxi, China (29.5° N, 103.4° E: paleocoordinates 32.9° N, 165.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Jiulaodong Formation, Meishucunian (542.0 - 516.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale and lithified dolomite

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Y. Xing, Q. Ding, H. Luo, T. He, and Y. Wang. 1984. The Sinian-Cambrian boundary of China and its related problems. Geological Magazine 121(3):155-170 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 107791: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.04.2011