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Hongchunping - Maidiping, Sichuan, China

Formation	Hongchunping
Member	Maidiping
Age:	541 - 516 Ma Cambrian
Interval	Manykaian
Lithology	limestone
Number of Collections	3
Number of Occurrences	11

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Hongchunping Formation	Emeishan City, Leshan, Sichuan, China	Hongchunping - Maidiping
Maidiping Section [Maidiping Mbr	Emeishan City, Leshan, Sichuan, China	Hongchunping - Maidiping
Daqiao	Ganluo County, Liangshan Yi, Sichuan, China	Hongchunping - Maidiping

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Jiulaodong	516 - 513 Ma Cambrian	dolomite, "shale"/dolomite, mudstone/siltstone	48

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Hyolithellus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Hyolithellidae : *Hyolithellus*	541 - 530 Ma Cambrian
Zhijinites sp. genus	6	Animalia : Problematica : Cambroclavida : Zhijinitidae : *Zhijinites*	541 - 530 Ma Cambrian
Archaeotremaria polytremata species	7	Animalia : Problematica : Archaeotremaria : *Archaeotremaria polytremata*	541 - 530 Ma Cambrian
Protopterygotheca sp. genus	6	Animalia : Problematica : *Protopterygotheca*	541 - 530 Ma Cambrian
Punctatus emeiensis species	7	Animalia : Problematica : Punctatus : *Punctatus emeiensis*	541 - 530 Ma Cambrian
Rugatotheca typica species	7	Animalia : Problematica : Rugatotheca : *Rugatotheca typica*	541 - 516 Ma Cambrian
Ganloudina symmetrica species	7	Animalia : Chaetognatha : Protoconodontida : Ganloudina : *Ganloudina symmetrica*	541 - 516 Ma Cambrian
Protohertzina sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chaetognatha : Protoconodonta : *Protohertzina*	541 - 530 Ma Cambrian
Carinachites curvatornatus species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Conulata : Conularina : Carinachitidae : Carinachites : *Carinachites curvatornatus*	541 - 530 Ma Cambrian
Carinachites tetrasulcatus species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Conulata : Conularina : Carinachitidae : Carinachites : *Carinachites tetrasulcatus*	541 - 530 Ma Cambrian
Arthrochites emeishanensis species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Conulata : Conularina : Hexangulaconulariidae : Arthrochites : *Arthrochites emeishanensis*	541 - 530 Ma Cambrian

References

Yue Z., He T. G. (1989) A restudy of some Early Cambrian small shelly fossils from Ganluo and Emei, Sichuan, southwest China, Acta Micropalaeontologica Sinica 6 4, 389-407

Conway Morris S., Menge C. (1991) Cambroclaves and paracarinachitids, early skeletal problematica from the Lower Cambrian of South China, Palaeontology 34 2, 357-397

Conway Morris S., Menge C. (1992) Carinachitiids, Hexangulaconnulariids and punctatus: problematic metazoans from the Early Cambrian of South China, Journal of Paleontology 66 3, 384-406

Moore R. A., Lieberman B. S. (2009) Preservation of early and Middle Cambrian soft-bodied arthropods from the Pioche Shale, Nevada, USA, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 277, 57-62

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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