Jiwozhai reef, Dushan Fm (Devonian of China)

Also known as Reef 4317

Where: China (25.8° N, 107.6° E: paleocoordinates 1.0° S, 118.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Jiwozhai Member (Dushan Formation), Middle Givetian (383.0 - 380.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: J. Huang, K. Liang, Y. Wang, W. Liao, W. Guo, S. Kershaw, J. Jeon, L. Qiao, J. Song, J. Ma, Y. Li, B. Tu, Y. Tian, Y. Wang, Y. Wang, J. Ma, M. Luo and W. Qie. 2020. The Jiwozhai patch reef: A palaeobiodiversity hotspot in middle Givetian (Devonian) of South China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 212695: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 18.08.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Demospongiae
 Chaetetida - Chaetetidae
Litophyllum inflatus chaetetid sponge
Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporellida - Trupetostromatidae
Synthetostroma actinostromoides Lecompte 1951 stromatoporoid sponge
Trupetostroma dushanense Yang and Dong 1963 stromatoporoid sponge
Trupetostroma sublamellatum Lecompte 1952 stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporellida - Stromatoporellidae
Clathrocoilona crassitexta Lecompte 1951 stromatoporoid sponge
Clathrocoilona spissa Lecompte 1951 stromatoporoid sponge
Clathrocoilona obliterata Lecompte 1951 stromatoporoid sponge
Stictostroma saginatum Lecompte 1951 stromatoporoid sponge
 Syringostromatida - Coenostromatidae
Habrostroma laminosum stromatoporoid sponge
 Syringostromatida - Stachyoditidae
Stachyodes costulata Lecompte 1952 stromatoporoid sponge
Stachyodes radiata Lecompte 1952 stromatoporoid sponge
 Syringostromatida - Syringostromatidae
Parallelopora ostiolata Bargatsky 1881 stromatoporoid sponge
 Actinostromatida - Actinostromatidae
Actinostroma undulatum Yang and Dong 1963 stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
Stromatopora huepschii Bargatzky 1881 stromatoporoid sponge
Stromatopora hüpschii
Hydrozoa
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Anthozoa
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolites stenoporides tabulate coral
Alveolites fornicatus Schlueter 1889 tabulate coral
Scoliopora sp. Lang et al. 1940 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Cladopora fistula tabulate coral
Thamnopora polyforata tabulate coral
Thamnopora compacta Tchudinova 1959 tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Auloporidae
"Aulopora cf. compacta" = Mastopora compacta
"Aulopora cf. compacta" = Mastopora compacta Tchernychev 1941 tabulate coral
 Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
 Stauriida - Stringophyllidae
Sunophyllum typicum Wang 1948 horn coral
 Stauriida - Cyathophyllidae
 Stauriida - Disphyllidae
Disphyllum intermedium Kong 1978 horn coral
 Rugosa - Charactophyllidae
Temnophyllum waltheri Frost and Langenheim 1966 horn coral
Sinodisphyllum variable Sun 1958 horn coral
Sinodisphyllum simplex Sun 1958 horn coral
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Emanuella plicata Grabau 1931
 Spiriferida - Echinospiriferidae
Howittia dushanensis Wang et al. 1974
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Cephalopoda
 Nautiloidea -
Nautiloidea indet. Agassiz 1847 nautiloid
Rothpletzella
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Cyanophyceae
  - Garwoodiaceae
? Hedstroemia sp. Rothpletz 1913