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Dengying - Xinli, Nanjiang Co., Bazhong, Sichuan, China

Formation	Dengying
Member	Xinli
Age:	541 - 513 Ma Cambrian
Interval	Early Cambrian
Lithology	dolomite
Number of Collections	16
Number of Occurrences	83

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
NXC-22 - Xinli section [Xinli Mbr	Nanjiang Co., Bazhong, Sichuan, China	Dengying - Xinli
Xinli [Xinli Mbr	Nanjiang Co., Bazhong, Sichuan, China	Dengying - Xinli

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Conotheca subcurvata species	7	Animalia : Hyolitha : Orthothecida : Circothecidae : Conotheca : *Conotheca subcurvata*	541 - 513 Ma Cambrian
Eokinorhynchus rarus species	7	Animalia : Eokinorhynchus : *Eokinorhynchus rarus*	541 - 513 Ma Cambrian
Archaeooides granulatus species	7	Animalia : Problematica : Archaeooides : *Archaeooides granulatus*	541 - 513 Ma Cambrian
Punctatus emeiensis species	7	Animalia : Problematica : Punctatus : *Punctatus emeiensis*	541 - 513 Ma Cambrian
Acanthocassis orthacanthus species	7	Animalia : Problematica : Sabelliditida : Acanthocassis : *Acanthocassis orthacanthus*	541 - 513 Ma Cambrian
Mongolodus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chaetognatha : Protoconodonta : *Mongolodus*	541 - 513 Ma Cambrian
Protohertzina sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chaetognatha : Protoconodonta : *Protohertzina*	541 - 513 Ma Cambrian
Protohertzina anabarica species	7	Animalia : Chaetognatha : Protoconodonta : Protohertzina : *Protohertzina anabarica*	541 - 513 Ma Cambrian
Hexaconularia sichuanensis species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Conulata : Conularina : Hexangulaconulariidae : Hexaconularia : *Hexaconularia sichuanensis*	541 - 513 Ma Cambrian
Olivooides multisulcatus species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Scyphozoa : Coronatae : Olivooides : *Olivooides multisulcatus*	541 - 513 Ma Cambrian
Maikhanella multa species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Maikhanellidae : Purella : *Maikhanella multa*	541 - 513 Ma Cambrian
Lopochites latazonalis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Siphogonuchitidae : Lopochites : *Lopochites latazonalis*	541 - 513 Ma Cambrian
Siphogonuchites sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Siphogonuchitidae : *Siphogonuchites*	541 - 513 Ma Cambrian
Siphogonuchites triangularis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Siphogonuchitidae : Siphogonuchites : *Siphogonuchites triangularis*	541 - 513 Ma Cambrian

References

Steiner M., Li G., et al (2004) Lower Cambrian Small Shelly Fossils of northern Sichuan and southern Shaanxi (China), and their biostratigraphic importance, Geobios 37, 259-275

Steiner M., Li G., et al (2007) Neoproterozoic to early Cambrian small shelly fossil assemblages and a revised biostratigraphic correlation of the Yangtze Platform (China), Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 254, 67-99

Zhang H., Xiao S., et al (2015) Armored kinorhynch-like scalidophoran animals from the early Cambrian, Nature Scientific Reports 5 16521, 1-10 doi:10.1038/srep16521

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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