Xiangbo reef, unit 29, Longlin County (Permian of China)

Also known as Reef 225

Where: Guangxi, China (24.9° N, 105.2° E: paleocoordinates 5.9° S, 97.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Maokou Formation, Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone and lithified, shelly/skeletal grainstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. K. Rigby, J. Fan, and W. Zhang. 1989. Sphinctozoan sponges from the Permian reefs of South China. Journal of Paleontology 63(4):404-439 [W. Kiessling/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 47441: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 25.02.2005, edited by Uta Merkel

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Taxonomic list

Disjectoporidae
  - Disjectoporidae
Radiotrabeculopora xiangboensis n. sp.1 Fan et al. 1991
Demospongiae
 Agelasida - Guadalupiidae
Cystothalamia conica3 Termier and Termier 1977 demosponge
 Agelasida - Thaumastocoeliidae
Sollasia absita Rigby et al. 1989 demosponge
 Agelasida - Intrasporeocoeliidae
Rhabdactinia columnaria Yabe and Sugiyama 1934 demosponge
 Agelasida - Preperonidellidae
"Peronidella beipeiensis" = Preperonidella beipeiensis2
"Peronidella beipeiensis" = Preperonidella beipeiensis2 Rigby et al. 1989 demosponge
 Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
"Imbricatocoelia paucipora" = Imbricatocoelia ramosa
"Imbricatocoelia paucipora" = Imbricatocoelia ramosa Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988 demosponge
Calcarea
 Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae
Stellispongia minor n. sp.2 Rigby et al. 1989 calcareous sponge