Shenwan (Devonian of China)

Where: Guangxi, China (25.1° N, 110.1° E: paleocoordinates 1.4° S, 109.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Guilin Formation, Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

• back reef deposit
• grainstone interbedded with dolostone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: Q. Feng, Y. M. Gong, and R. Riding. 2010. Mid-Late Devonian calcified marine algae and cyanobacteria, south China. Journal of Paleontology 84(4):569-587 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 131975: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 03.08.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Bevocastria
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Bevocastria sp.
Bevocastria sp. Garwood 1931
Cyanophyceae
  - Garwoodiaceae
Hedstroemia sp.
Hedstroemia sp. Rothpletz 1913
Ulvophyceae
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Vermiporella myna