Where: Jiangxi, China (28.7° N, 118.4° E: paleocoordinates 2.5° N, 125.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Xiazhen Formation, Katian (453.0 - 445.2 Ma)
• middle-late Katian
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lime mudstone and wackestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: approximately 420 randomly collected stromatoporoid specimens
Primary reference: J. Jeon, K. Liang, J. Park, S. Kershaw, and Y. Zhang. 2022. Diverse labechiid stromatoporoids from the Upper Ordovician Xiazhen Formation of South China and their paleobiogeographic implications. Journal of Paleontology 96(3):513-538 [B. Seuss/B. Seuss]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 211513: authorized by Barbara Seuss, entered by Barbara Seuss on 20.07.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Stromatoporoidea | |
Labechia zhuzhainus n. sp.
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