Where: China (30.5° N, 119.4° E: paleocoordinates 0.6° S, 124.5° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Metabolograptus persculptus graptolite zone, Wenchang Formation, Hirnantian (445.2 - 443.4 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. P. Botting, Y. Zhang, and L. A. Muir. 2018. A candidate stem-group rossellid (Porifera, Hexactinellida) from the latest Ordovician Anji Biota, China. Bulletin of Geosciences 93(3):275-285 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 197687: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 22.11.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Hexactinellida | |
Matteolaspongia hemiglobosa Botting et al. 2018 glass sponge |