Also known as Reef 3739

Where: Anhui, China (30.1° N, 116.9° E: paleocoordinates 13.1° N, 140.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Honghuayuan Formation, Tremadoc (486.5 - 477.7 Ma)

• Upper Tremadoc, also known as Hunghuayuan Formation, upper part of the formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Y. Li, S. Kershaw, and X. Mu. 2004. Ordovician reef systems and settings in South China before the Late Ordovician mass extinction. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 205:235-254 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 80137: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.04.2008

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