H3, Houchang Reef (Permian of China)

Where: Guizhou, China (25.5° N, 106.3° E: paleocoordinates 5.2° N, 96.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• 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. K. Rigby, J. Fan, W. Zhang, S. Wang, and X. Zhang. 1994. Sphinctozoan and Inozoan Sponges from the Permian Reefs of South China. BYU Geology Studies 40:43-109 [W. Kiessling/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 116662: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.09.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Demospongiae
 Agelasida - Intrasporeocoeliidae
Intrasporeocoelia hubeiensis Fan and Zhang 1985 demosponge