Tonglu, China: Capitanian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Lingchangospongia lingchangensis
Shen and Kawamura 2001
Zhinanopora masta
Shen and Kawamura 2001
End reef builders
Stenolaemata - Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Fistulipora sinensis Yoh 1932
Shen and Kawamura 2001
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae
Duplophyllum sp. Koker 1924
Shen and Kawamura 2001
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Tachylasmatidae
Tachylasma sp. Grabau 1922
Shen and Kawamura 2001
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Metriophyllidae
Asserculinia sp. Schouppé and Stacul 1959
Shen and Kawamura 2001
Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
Colospongia gemini
Shen and Kawamura 2001
Colospongia benjamini (Girty 1909)
Parauvanella paronae
Parauvanella minima Senowbari-Daryan 1990
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Guadalupiidae
Cystothalamia noduliformis
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Solenolmiidae
? Deningeria sp. Wilckens 1937
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Intrasporeocoeliidae
Intrasporeocoelia hubeiensis Fan and Zhang 1985
Rhabdactinia reticulatus n. sp.
1 specimen
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Sebargasiidae
Chinaspongia fani n. gen., n. sp. Belyaeva 2000
2 specimens
Amblysiphonella chinesis
Amblysiphonella marlay (Parona 1933)
misspelling Laccosiphonella merlai
Amblysiphonella aff. specialis Rigby et al. 1989
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Thaumastocoeliidae
Thaumastocoelia aff. spheroida
Thaumastocoelia irregularis Weidlich and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
Girtyocoelia sp. Cossman 1909
Shen and Kawamura 2001
Sollasia arta Belyaeva 1991
Demospongiae - Hadromerida - Celyphiidae
Celyphia pisiformis
Celyphia sp. Pomel 1872
Celyphia bacula n. sp. Belyaeva 2000
5 specimens
Tongluspongia yangae n. gen., n. sp. Belyaeva 2000
20 specimens
Disjectoporidae
Disjectopora shinanensis
Shen and Kawamura 2001
Calcarea - Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae
Peronidella sp. Hinde 1893
Shen and Kawamura 2001
Cyanophyceae - Aphralysiaceae
Archaeolithoporella sp. Endo 1959
Shen and Kawamura 2001
Rhodophyceae - Gymnocodiaceae
Gymnocodium sp. Pia 1927
Shen and Kawamura 2001
Rhodophyceae - Archaeolithophyllales - Palaoaplysinaceae
Palaeoaplysina cf. laminaeformis Krotov 1888
Shen and Kawamura 2001
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Zhejiang County:Tonglu
Coordinates: 29.8° North, 119.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:8.5° North, 102.9° East
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Permian Epoch:Guadalupian
Stage:Capitanian 10 m.y. bin:Permian 4
*Period:Middle Permian *Local age/stage:Late/Upper Maokoan
Key time interval:Capitanian
Age range of interval:264.28000 - 259.51000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Lengwu
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "reef rocks"
Lithology description: Sponge reef mound dominated by sphinctozoans. Other reef builders are algae, "hydrozoans", bryozoans, and corals. Binding agent is usually Archaeolithoporella. Reef intercalated in deltaic facies.
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils,some macrofossils
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (float),peel or thin section,field collection
Collection size:118 specimens
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Only sphinctozoan sponges sampled in detail
Taxonomic list comments:Additional data added from Shen & Kawamura (reef core)
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 3068
Database number:10698
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2001-05-26 12:05:00 Last modified:2006-09-10 21:13:34
Access level:the public Released:2001-05-26 12:05:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

3972. G. V. Belyaeva. 2000. New taxa of Sphictozoa from the Permian reefs of southeastern China. Paleontological Journal 34(2):155-160 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]

Secondary references:

6821 J.-w. Shen and T. Kawamura. 2001. Guadalupian algae-sponge reefs in siliciclastic environments – the reefs at Lengwu (South China) compared with the reef at Iwaizaki (Japan). Facies 45:137-156 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]