Xiangbo reef 37-C (Permian of China)

Where: Guangxi, China (24.9° N, 105.2° E: paleocoordinates 5.9° S, 97.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)

• Neoschwagerina zone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified packstone and lithified wackestone

• Packwackestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collected by Y.S. Wu in 1985

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

• Repository: Institute of Geology, Academia Sinica

Primary reference: Y. S. Wu. 1991. Organisms and Communities of Permian Reef of Xiangbo, China 1-192 [T. Olszewski/L. Fall/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 51154: authorized by Tom Olszewski, entered by Leigh Fall on 30.05.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Ulvophyceae
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Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Mizzia sp. Schubert 1908
Gyroporella sp. Gümbel 1872
Calcarea
 Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae
Elasmostoma aperiens Wu 1991 calcareous sponge
Demospongiae
 Agelasida - Auriculospongiidae
Ramospongia minor Wu 1991 demosponge