Huangnitang Reef, Section B1, Lichuan County (Permian of China)

Also known as Reef 291

Where: Hubei, China (30.1° N, 108.9° E: paleocoordinates 10.7° N, 94.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• 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 107767: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.04.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Demospongiae
 Agelasida - Sebargasiidae
Amblysiphonella bancaoensis n. sp. Zhang 1983 demosponge
Amblysiphonella regularis n. sp. Zhang 1983 demosponge
 Agelasida - Intrasporeocoeliidae
Rhabdactinia columnaria Yabe and Sugiyama 1934 demosponge
Rhabdactinia cf. columnaria Yabe and Sugiyama 1934 demosponge
 Verticillitida - Verticillitidae
Sinocoelia variabilis n. sp. Zhang and Fan 1985 demosponge