Qincaiyuan, Ziyun (Maokou Reef) (Permian of China)

Where: Guizhou, China (25.8° N, 106.1° E: paleocoordinates 3.0° S, 97.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Houziguan Formation, Capitanian (264.3 - 259.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Y. Ezaki. 2000. Palaeoecological and phylogenetic implications of a new scleractiniamorph genus from Permian sponge reefs, South China. Palaeontology 43(2):199-217 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 107697: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.04.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia -
Houchangocyathus wangi Ezaki 2000 stony coral