Polymerid Tribolites from the Cambrian of Northwestern Hunan, China, Two-Volume Set, Volume 1-2

China is richly endowed with Cambrian strata yielding some of the best-preserved fossils known anywhere in the world. The trilobites are most important element in the fauna, and of scientific relevance for several reasons. First, they are of regional importance in the precise correlation of strata, and are of primary use in characterising mappable formations. Second, some of the species are widespread internationally, and these permit the placing of Chinese stratigraphical schemes within the global chronostratigraphy. Thirdly, the variety, relationships and endemicity of the faunas contributes to the broad questions of how evolution proceeded in the Cambrian, and is relevant to debates about whether special conditions applied at the early stage of the Phanerozoic radiation. Volume 1 of this set contains general geologic information concerning the Huaqiao Formation of the northwestern Hunan, lithostratigraphic data, biostratigraphic zonation, detailed description of three stratigraphic sections, and the systematic of corynexochid, lichid, and as aphid trilobites. Volume 2 contains systematic treatments of ptychopariids, eodiscids, trilobites of uncertain affinity, and some undertermined sclerites. In both volumes, considerable effort was made to reillustrate type material of many previously described taxa. In some older literature, illustrations were not always reproduced well, so the new illustrations should help to clarify taxonomic concepts. * Provides a detailed documentation of 196 polymerid triobites from Huaqiao Formation of northwestern Hunan, including a large number of new genera and species * Includes high-quality photographs and illustrations throughout --Volume 1-- Front Cover......Page 1 POLYMERID TRILOBITES FROM THE CAMBRIAN OF NORTHWESTERN HUNAN, CHINA......Page 2 Copyright Page......Page 3 CONTENTS......Page 8 FOREWORD......Page 6 INTRODUCTION......Page 14 REPOSITORIES......Page 15 PREVIOUS WORK......Page 16 STRATIGRAPHY......Page 17 MEASURED SECTIONS......Page 23 TARIM AND NORTHWEST CHINA......Page 53 BALTICA......Page 55 SIBERIA......Page 56 Genus CORYNEXOCHUS Angelin, 1854......Page 57 Genus CORYNEXOCHINA Lermontova, 1940......Page 59 Genus CHATIANtA Yang in Zhou et al., 1977......Page 61 Genus AMPHOTON Lorenz, 1906......Page 67 Genus FUCHOUIA Resser and Endo in Kobayashi, 1935......Page 73 Genus DORYPYGIDAE Kobayshi, 1935......Page 83 Genus CHUANGIA Walcott, 1911......Page 92 Genus MEROPALLA Öpik, 1967......Page 94 Genus GEMINICLAVULA gen. nov.......Page 96 Subfamily CHIAWANGELLINAE Chu, 1959......Page 97 Genus CHIAWANGELLA Chu, 1959......Page 98 Genus WANSHANIA Rong and Yang in Zhou et al., 1977......Page 102 Genus PROCHUANGIA Kobayashi, 1935......Page 106 Genus DAMESELLA Walcott, 1905......Page 109 Genus BLACKWELDERIA Walcott, 1906......Page 111 Genus PARABLACKWELDERIA Kobayashi, 1942b......Page 114 Genus PROTAITZEHOIA Yang 1978 in Yin and Li, 1978......Page 125 Genus TEINISTION Monke, 1903......Page 134 Genus TAIHANGSHANIA Zhang and Wang, 1985......Page 138 Genus DREPANURA Bergeron, 1899......Page 141 Genus PALAEADOTES Öpik, 1967......Page 143 Genus PARADAMESELLA Yang in Zhou et al., 1977......Page 150 Family EOACIDASPIDAE Poletaeva, 1957......Page 158 Genus PARAACIDASPIS Poletaeva, 1960......Page 159 Genus AFGHANOCARE Wolfart, 1974......Page 163 Genus GLYPHASPELLUS Ivshin, 1953......Page 165 Genus PARACOOSIA Kobayashi, 1936......Page 166 Genus PAIBIANOMOCARE gen. nov.......Page 170 Subfamily CILIINAE Peng, 1992......Page 173 Genus YANGWEIZHOUIA Yuan and Yin, 1998......Page 174 Genus PROCERATOPYGE Wallerius, 1895......Page 175 Subgenus PROCERATOPYGE (PROCERATOPYGE) Wallerius, 1895......Page 176 Genus PSEUDOYUEPINGIA Chien, 1961......Page 179 Subfamily HAPALOPLEURINAE Harrington and Leanza, 1957(nom. trans, ex. Hapalopleuridae Harrington and Leanza, 1957)......Page 182 Genus GAOLOUPINGIA Yuan and Yin, 1998......Page 183 Genus AJRIKINA Kraskov in Borovikov and Kraskov, 1963......Page 184 Genus TORIFERA Wolfart, 1974......Page 187 Genus LIOSTRACINA Monke, 1903......Page 193 Genus MONKASPIS Kobayashi, 1935......Page 194 Genus METOPOTROPIS Öpik, 1967......Page 197 REFERENCES......Page 199 INDEX OF SPECIES AND GENERA......Page 214 PLATES......Page 220 --Volume 2-- Front Cover......Page 348 POLYMERID TRILOBITES FROM THE CAMBRIAN OF NORTHWESTERN HUNAN, CHINA......Page 349 Copyright Page......Page 350 CONTENTS......Page 353 REPOSITORIES......Page 361 Genus TOWNLEYELLA Öpik, 1967......Page 367 Genus XILINGXIA Lu in Zhang et al., 1980......Page 368 Genus HUAYUANIA Peng, Lin, and Chen, 1995......Page 371 Genus PARANOMOCARELLA Yang in Zhou et al., 1977......Page 374 Genus SZEASPIS Chang, 1959......Page 380 Genus PROASAPHISCUS Resser and Endo in Kobayashi, 1935......Page 382 Subgenus PROASAPHISCUS (HONANASPIS) Chang, 1959......Page 383 Genus ADELOGONUS Öpik, 1967......Page 385 Genus EYMEKOPS Resser and Endo, 1937......Page 388 Genus GRANDIOCULUS Cossmann, 1908......Page 389 Genus HUAYUANASPIS gen. nov.......Page 393 Genus INIOTOMA Öpik, 1967......Page 397 Genus MAOTUNIA Zhang and Jell, 1987......Page 403 Genus ZHUJIA Ju in Qiu et al., 1983......Page 407 Genus PAIBIELLA gen. nov.......Page 408 Genus PARAYUJINIA gen. nov.......Page 410 Genus BUTTSIA Wilson, 1951......Page 412 Genus MADAROCEPHALUS Resser, 1938a......Page 415 Genus PARADISTAZERIS Zhu in Zhang et al., 1980a......Page 417 Subfamily ONCHONOTININAE Lu, 1965......Page 421 Genus HUZHUIA Chu, 1965......Page 422 Genus ONCHONOTELLUS Lermontova in Ivshin, 1956......Page 426 Genus PLACOSEMA Öpik, 1967......Page 428 Genus CREPICEPHALINA Resser and Endo in Kobayashi, 1935......Page 429 Genus METEORASPIS Resser, 1935......Page 431 Genus FENGHUANGELLA Yang in Zhou et al., 1977......Page 433 Genus LOBOCEPHALINA Ružicka, 1940......Page 441 Genus STIGMATOA Öpik, 1963......Page 443 Genus KINGSTONIA Walcott, 1924......Page 445 Genus LISANIA Walcott, 1911......Page 447 Genus BAOJINGIA Yang in Zhou et al., 1977......Page 458 Genus NEOANOMOCARELLA Hsiang in Egorova et al., 1963......Page 469 Genus QIANDONGASPIS Yuan and Yin, 1998......Page 473 Genus SHENGIA Hsiang in Egorova et al., 1963......Page 477 Genus AETHIA Qian and Zhou, 1984......Page 481 Genus NEOGLAPHYRASPIS Yuan and Yin, 1998......Page 482 Genus PRODAMESELLA Chang, 1959......Page 484 Genus MAPANIA Resser and Endo in Kobayashi, 1935......Page 488 Genus LUYANHAOASPIS Peng, Babcock, and Lin, 2001 b......Page 490 Genus HUAYUANELLA gen. nov.......Page 493 Genus PIANASPIS Saito and Sakakura, 1936......Page 495 Genus WANGCUNIA Peng, Lin, and Chen, 1995......Page 500 Genus PARAPIANASPIS gen. nov.......Page 501 Genus RHYSSOMETOPUS Öpik, 1967......Page 503 Genus CHANGQINGIA Lu and Zhu in Qiu et al., 1983......Page 504 Genus MENOCEPHALITES Kobayashi, 1935......Page 505 Genus OCULISHUMARDIA Peng, Babcock, Hughes, and Lin, 2003......Page 509 Genus LIMBISHUMARDIA gen. nov.......Page 510 Genus PSEUDOMAPANIA Yuan and Yin, 1998......Page 512 Genus OLENUS Dalman, 1827......Page 513 Genus SULCARECLAVA gen. nov.......Page 516 Genus BAIKADAMASPIS Ergaliev, 1980......Page 518 Genus SCHMALENSEEIA Moberg, 1903......Page 525 Genus Undetermined......Page 531 Genus HELEPAGETIA Jell, 1975......Page 535 REFERENCES......Page 537 INDEX OF SPECIES AND GENERA......Page 551 PLATES......Page 559 China is richly endowed with Cambrian strata yielding some of the best-preserved fossils known anywhere in the world. The trilobites are most important element in the fauna, and of scientific relevance for several reasons. First, they are of regional importance in the precise correlation of strata, and are of primary use in characterising mappable formations. Second, some of the species are widespread internationally, and these permit the placing of Chinese stratigraphical schemes within the global chronostratigraphy. Thirdly, the variety, relationships and endemicity of the faunas contributes to the broad questions of how evolution proceeded in the Cambrian, and is relevant to debates about whether special conditions applied at the early stage of the Phanerozoic radiation. Volume 1 of this set contains general geologic information concerning the Huaqiao Formation of the northwestern Hunan, lithostratigraphic data, biostratigraphic zonation, detailed description of three stratigraphic sections, and the systematic of corynexochid, lichid, and as aphid trilobites. Volume 2 contains systematic treatments of ptychopariids, eodiscids, trilobites of uncertain affinity, and some undertermined sclerites. In both volumes, considerable effort was made to reillustrate type material of many previously described taxa. In some older literature, illustrations were not always reproduced well, so the new illustrations should help to clarify taxonomic concepts. * Provides a detailed documentation of 196 polymerid triobites from Huaqiao Formation of northwestern Hunan, including a large number of new genera and species * Includes high-quality photographs and illustrations throughout; From 500 to 570 million years ago Provides general geologic information concerning the Huaqiao Formation of the northwestern Hunan, lithostratigraphic data, and biostratigraphic zonation. This two-volume set also contains systematic treatments of ptychopariids, eodiscids, and trilobites of uncertain affinity. V. 1. Corynexochida, Lichida, And Asaphida -- V. 2. Ptychopariida, Eodiscida, And Undetermined Forms. Peng Shanchi, Loren E. Babcock, Lin Huanling. Reprint Of Ed. Published In 2004. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.