ammonites
Nangao, Kaili Formation, unit 5 (Cambrian to of China)

Where: Guizhou, China (26.4° N, 107.9° E: paleocoordinates 29.2° N, 155.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kaili Formation, Duyunian to Duyunian (516.0 - 505.0 Ma)

• unit 5: 31.3 m thick

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, silty mudstone

• yellowish-green silty mudstone

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 107166: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.04.2011