Xiangbo reef 30-8 (Permian of China)

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

• coordinate estimated from map

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

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

• Neoschwagerina zone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collected by Y.S. Wu in 1985

Collection methods: bulk, peel or thin section,

• Repository: Institute of Geology, Academia Sinica

Primary reference: Y. S. Wu. 1991. Organisms and Communities of Permian Reef of Xiangbo, China 1-192 [T. Olszewski/L. Fall/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 51176: authorized by Tom Olszewski, entered by Leigh Fall on 30.05.2005, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Codiaceae
Sinophyllum hexagonum
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Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Shamovella
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"Tubiphytes obscurus" = Shamovella obscura
"Tubiphytes obscurus" = Shamovella obscura Maslov 1956
Calcarea
 Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae
Stellispongia sp. d'Orbigny 1849 calcareous sponge
Demospongiae
 Agelasida - Auriculospongiidae
Acoelia ruida Wu 1991 demosponge
 Agelasida - Preperonidellidae
Peronidella recta grossa Wu 1991 demosponge
 Agelasida - Virgolidae
Reticulocoelia sp., "Dendrosclera irregularis" = Intratubospongia tenuiperforata, "Paracorynella flexa" = Intratubospongia osiensis, "Paristellispongia parallelica" = Intratubospongia osiensis
Reticulocoelia sp. Cuif 1973 demosponge
"Dendrosclera irregularis" = Intratubospongia tenuiperforata Rigby et al. 1989 demosponge
"Paracorynella flexa" = Intratubospongia osiensis de Gregorio 1930 demosponge
"Paristellispongia parallelica" = Intratubospongia osiensis de Gregorio 1930 demosponge
 Agelasida - Astroscleridae
Parastrosclera singularis Wu 1991 demosponge
Conosclera vermicula
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