Huangnitang Reef, Lichuan (Permian of China)

Also known as Reef 291

Where: Hubei, China (30.1° N, 108.9° E: paleocoordinates 10.2° N, 95.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Changxing Formation, Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: J. S. Fan and W. Zhang. 1985. Sphinctozoans from Late Permian Reefs of Lichuan, West Hubei, China. Facies 13:1-44 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 74930: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.09.2007, edited by Matthew Clapham and Mihaela Krause

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Cyanobacteria sp.4
Cyanobacteria sp.4 Stanier 1973
Cyanophyceae
  - Aphralysiaceae
Archaeolithoporella sp.4
Hydrozoa
  -
Hydrozoa indet.4
Hydrozoa indet.4 Owen 1843
  - Nigriporellidae
Tubiphytes sp.4
Tubiphytes sp.4 Maslov 1956
Anthozoa
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet.4
Rugosa indet.4 horn coral
Disjectoporidae
  - Disjectoporidae
Lichuanopora bancaoensis n. gen. n. sp.1, ? Lichuanopora regulara n. sp.1, Pseudopalaeoaplysina sinensis n. gen. n. sp.1, Pseudopalaeoaplysina major n. sp.1, Radiotrabeculopora elegans1
Lichuanopora bancaoensis n. gen. n. sp.1 Fan et al. 1991
? Lichuanopora regulara n. sp.1 Fan et al. 1991
Pseudopalaeoaplysina sinensis n. gen. n. sp.1 Fan et al. 1991
Pseudopalaeoaplysina major n. sp.1 Fan et al. 1991
Radiotrabeculopora elegans1 Fan et al. 1991
Demospongiae
 Hadromerida - Celyphiidae
"Uvanella" sp.
"Uvanella" sp. Ott 1967 demosponge
 Agelasida - Guadalupiidae
Cystothalamia sp.
Cystothalamia sp. Girty 1908 demosponge
 Agelasida - Thaumastocoeliidae
Sollasia ostiolata3
Sollasia ostiolata3 Steinmann 1882 demosponge
 Agelasida - Girtycoeliidae
Girtycoelia sp.
Girtycoelia sp. King 1933 demosponge
 Agelasida - Sebargasiidae
Polycystocoelia sinica, Polycystocoelia huajiaopingensis n. gen. n. sp.
Polycystocoelia sinica Zhang 1983 demosponge
Polycystocoelia huajiaopingensis n. gen. n. sp. Zhang 1983 demosponge
 Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
Colospongia cf. dubia, "Waagenella sp." = Colospongia
Colospongia cf. dubia Münster 1841 demosponge
"Waagenella sp." = Colospongia Laube 1865 demosponge
 Pharetronida -
"Inozoa" indet.2
"Inozoa" indet.2 Steinmann 1882
Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporoidea -
Stromatoporoidea indet.4
Stromatoporoidea indet.4 stromatoporoid sponge
Calcarea
 Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae
"Stellispongia" sp.2, "Peronidella" sp.2, "Peronidella" "sp. nov."2
"Stellispongia" sp.2 d'Orbigny 1849 calcareous sponge
"Peronidella" sp.2 Hinde 1893 calcareous sponge
"Peronidella" "sp. nov."2 Hinde 1893 calcareous sponge
unclassified
  -
Echinodermata indet.4
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet.4
Bryozoa indet.4 Ehrenberg 1831
Brachiopoda
  -
Brachiopoda indet.4
Brachiopoda indet.4 Cuvier 1805
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet.4
Bivalvia indet.4 Linnaeus 1758 clam
Cephalopoda
 Ammonoidea -
Ammonoidea indet.4
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet.4
Gastropoda indet.4 Cuvier 1795 snail
Algae
 Algae -
Algae indet.4
1Fan et al. 1991; 2Fan and Zhang 1986; 3Rigby et al. 1995; 4Tian and Wang 2021