Jiantianba Reef, Section J, Lichuan (Permian of China)

Also known as Reef 223

Where: Hubei, China (30.5° N, 109.1° E: paleocoordinates 10.9° N, 95.5° 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 107771: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.04.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Demospongiae
 Agelasida - Sebargasiidae
"Stromatocoelia asiatica n. gen. n. sp." = Polycystocoelia asiatica
"Stromatocoelia asiatica n. gen. n. sp." = Polycystocoelia asiatica Zhang and Fan 1985 demosponge
 Agelasida - Intrasporeocoeliidae
Intrasporeocoelia hubeiensis n. gen. n. sp. Fan and Zhang 1985 demosponge
 Agelasida - Guadalupiidae
"Lichuanospongia orientalis n. sp." = Cystauletes orientalis, "Lichuanospongia typica n. gen. n. sp." = Cystauletes typica
"Lichuanospongia orientalis n. sp." = Cystauletes orientalis Zhang 1985 demosponge
"Lichuanospongia typica n. gen. n. sp." = Cystauletes typica Zhang 1983 demosponge