Zhuzhai sect. 1 (S10) (Ordovician of China)

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

• low-energy depositional environment
• lime mud- to 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
 Labechiida - Labechiidae
Labechia zhuzhainus n. sp. stromatoporoid sponge
laminar