Also known as Reef 3029
Where: Xinjiang, China (40.1° N, 78.8° E: paleocoordinates 31.3° S, 117.8° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Middle Member (Yijianfang Formation), Darriwilian (467.3 - 458.4 Ma)
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; nodular, shelly/skeletal packstone and bindstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: Y. Li, J. Wang, A.J. Shen and Z. Huang. 2007. Evolutionary significance of the Calathium reef mound from the Yijianfang Formation, Bachu, Xinjiang. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 46(3):341-348 [W. Kiessling/Q. Li/Q. Li]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 154821: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Qijian Li on 14.03.2014, edited by Mihaela Krause
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Hormogoneae | |
Girvanella sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1878 | |
Sphaerocodium | |
Sphaerocodium sp. Rothpletz 1890 | |
Nuia | |
Nuia sp. Maslov 1954 | |
Ulvophyceae | |
Vermiporella sp. Stolley 1893 | |
Demospongiae | |
Calycocoelia sp. Bassler 1927 demosponge | |
Radiocyatha | |
Calathium sp. Billings 1865 | |
Stenolaemata | |
Batostoma sp. Ulrich 1882 | |
Hallopora sp. Bassler 1911 | |
unclassified | |
Pelmatozoa indet. Leuckart 1848 |