Xiangbo reef, unit 32, 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

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Neoschwagerina foram zone, Maokou Formation, Wordian (268.8 - 265.1 Ma)

• Neoschwagerina zone

• 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 47446: 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 reticulata n. sp.1 Fan et al. 1991
Radiotrabeculopora elegans1 Fan et al. 1991
Calcarea
 Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae
Stellispongia radiata2 Rigby et al. 1989 calcareous sponge
Demospongiae
 Agelasida - Virgolidae
Intratubospongia tenuiperforata3 Rigby et al. 1989 demosponge
 Agelasida - Preperonidellidae
? Imperatoria sp.3 de Gregorio 1930 demosponge
 Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
Imbricatocoelia obconica n. sp. Rigby et al. 1989 demosponge
 Verticillitida - Salzburgiidae
Salzburgia nana n. sp. Rigby et al. 1989 demosponge