Photographic data from specimens of Ediacaran fossils observed on a field trip to the Weng’an region of South China

One folder of images taken during field visit to Weng’an Nanbao phosphate quarry, and a publication arising from this trip. Photographs document early Ediacaran microfossil specimens and sedimentary rocks within the Doushantuo Formation of South China, as expressed at the classic Nanbao Quarry Weng’an locality. Nanbao is an active phosphate mine, and our visit was conducted with the permission of the quarry operators. The fossil specimens are largely acritarchs and ‘fossil embryos’ from the phosphorite deposits. Data result from NERC grant NE/L011409/2 Constraining the origins of the Metazoa: Insights from ichnology, palaeoecology and taphonomy. Photographs were taken to document fossil specimens and sedimentary context for the Doushantuo Formation fossil embryos, considered by some to be candidates for the oldest metazoan fossils. These images will be useful to geoscientists with an interest in Ediacaran micropalaeontology. For more information, please see; DOI 10.1002/bies.201600120

Date (Creation): 2021-10-24

Citation identifier: http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607855

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Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
University of Cambridge	Alexander Liu	not available	Originator
British Geological Survey	Enquiries	not available	Distributor
British Geological Survey	Enquiries	not available	Point of contact

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Date (Publication): 2011

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Pass: No

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Title: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

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Statement: Photographs were taken in the active Nanbao phosphate quarry, with the permission of quarry operators and our local geologist contacts, using an Olympus TG-Series camera. Dr Alex Liu, University of Cambridge took all images. The trip was co-ordinated by Prof. Phil Donoghue and Dr Zongjun Yin, and we were joined in the field by Dr John Cunningham, Dr Kelly Vargas, and PhD student Emma Landon.