THE CAMBRIAN FAUNAS OF CHINA. 
HISTORICAL REVIEW. 
The presence of Cambrian fossils in China was first announced by Baron 
von Richthofen in 1883 [China, vol. rv]. The material gathered by him was 
studied by Dr. E. Kayser, to whom the brachiopods were intrusted, and by 
Dr. W. Dames, who described the trilobites. 
Doctor Kayser described and named the following brachiopods [1883, 
PP. 34-35]: Orthis linnarssoni= Eoorthis linnarssoni; Lingulella sp.; L. sp. 
Of these, we have identified Eoorthis linnarssoni from the collectioris of the 
Carnegie Institution of Washington Expedition to China. 
Doctor Dames described and named the following trilobites [1883, pp. 
7-29]: 
Agnostus chinensis Anomocare latelimbatum Liostracus megalurus 
Dorypyge richthofeni Anomocare majus Liostracus talingensis 
Conocephalites frequens Anomocare minus ? Liostracus 
Conocephalites quadriceps Anomocare nanum ? Liostracus 
Conocephalites subquadratus | Anomocare planum Two pygidia, gen. and sp. 
Conocephalites typus Anomocare subcostatum undt. 
The material described by Doctor Dames came from three localities in 
Liau-tung, as follows: 
Sai-ma-ki (in situ): 
Lingulella Conocephalites quadriceps Anomocare nanum 
A gnostus chinensis Anomocare latelimbatum Anomocare subcostatum 
Conocephalites frequens Anomocare majus 
Ta-ling (loose rock in wall): 
Dorypyge richthofent Conocephalites typus Liostracus talingensis 
Conocephalites frequens Anomocare minus Liostracus sp. ? 
Conocephalites subquadratus Anomocare nanum 
Wu-lo-pu (débris slope): 
Dorypyge richthofeni Anomocare planum Liostracus megalurus 
Of the above we have identified in our collections: 
A gnostus chinensis Anomocare latelimbatum 
Dorypyge richthofent Anomocare minus 
Conocephalites subquadratus= Anomocare _Liostracus megalurus = Anomocare 
Conocephalites typus = Ptychoparia 
Doctor Dames compared the Cambrian trilobites with those of Europe, 
America, and India, and concluded that the trilobitic fauna of Sai-ma-ki and 
Ta-ling was about the age of the Scandinavian Andrarum limestone and the 
Potsdam group of North America. He did not find any Chinese species that 
could be identified with those of Scandinavia and America, but the general 
appearance of the fauna as a whole was so similar that he considered their 
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