Balang Formation Explained

Period:	Stage 4
Balang Formation

The Balang formation, is a Cambrian Period geological formation, which outcrops in western Hunan and eastern Guizhou in southern China. It contains Burgess Shale-type soft-bodied fossils. It is intermediate in age between the Chengjiang and Kaili lagerstatten. It contains a low diversity of trilobites.^{[1] [2]}

Notes and References

1. Liu . Q. . Lei . Q. . 2013 . Discovery of an exceptionally preserved fossil assemblage in the Balang Formation (Cambrian Series 2, Stage 4) in Hunan, China . Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology . 1 . 10.1080/03115518.2013.764663.
2. Liu . S. . Peng . J. . Wen . R. . Liang . B. . 2018-06-30 . New data for Isoxys of the Balang Fauna (Cambrian Stage 4), South China . Bulletin of Geosciences . en . 147–162 . 10.3140/bull.geosci.1673 . 1802-8225. free .