文中记述了大连金州葫芦套含三叶虫Megapalaeolenus fengyangensis的碱厂组内源碎屑岩,所含的古杯化石Archaeocyathus tianhebanensis,A.hupehensis,Protopharetra qidingshanensis,P.sp.1,P.sp.2,Sanxiacyathus sinuatus等。属天河板古杯组合(Tianheban Archaeocyathid Assemblage);为早寒武世中期。古杯化石与三叶虫碎片、藻类化石碎片堆积成礁相。这一发现填