Shuanglongquan, Kangjiaping, Cili County (Permian of China)

Also known as Reef 2148

Where: Hunan, China (29.4° N, 110.9° E: paleocoordinates 10.8° N, 97.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: 3 Member (Changxing Formation), Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• 4 km long coral-sponge reef tract.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

• Data refer to sponge reef

Primary reference: J. W. Shen, T. Kawamura, and W. R. Yang. 1998. Upper Permian coral reef and colonial rugose corals Hunan, South China. Facies 39:35-66 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 24248: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 03.08.2002, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Only details of local sponge facies
Cyanophyceae
  - Aphralysiaceae
Hydrozoa
  - Nigriporellidae
Tubiphytes sp. Maslov 1956
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae
Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) ciliense n. sp. Shen et al. 1998 horn coral
Waagenophyllum (Liangshanophyllum) wuae Minato and Kato 1965 horn coral
Calcarea
 Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae
Peronidella sp. Hinde 1893 calcareous sponge
Demospongiae
 Agelasida - Sebargasiidae
Polycystocoelia huajiaopingensis Zhang 1983 demosponge
 Verticillitida - Tebagathalamiidae
Tebagathalamia sp. Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988 demosponge
 Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
Colospongia sp. Laube 1865 demosponge
Disjectoporidae
  - Disjectoporidae
Radiotrabeculopora sp. Fan et al. 1991
Disjectopora
  - Disjectoporidae
Disjectopora beipeiensis Fan et al. 1991
Disjectopora irregulara Fan et al. 1991