Phnom Tup, south flank, Sisophon (Permian of Cambodia)

Where: Cambodia (13.6° N, 103.0° E: paleocoordinates 14.4° S, 103.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• "Some meters" above lower coral-bearing unit; most likely member D.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by H. Fontaine

Collection methods: peel or thin section

Primary reference: H. Fontaine. 1961. Les madreporaires paleozoiques du Viet-Nam, du Laos, et du Cambodge. Archives Geologiques du Viet-Nam 5:1-276 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 125032: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 02.03.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae
Yatsengia sisophonensis n. sp. Fontaine 1961 horn coral
 Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae
"Parawentzelella canalifera" = Parawentzelella (Parawentzelella) canalifera
"Parawentzelella canalifera" = Parawentzelella (Parawentzelella) canalifera Mansuy 1913 horn coral
including var. sisophonensis