Where: Guangxi, China (27.1° N, 117.1° E: paleocoordinates 5.0° S, 104.3° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Yonghsien Formation, Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)
• list includes taxa from the lower and middle members of the formation
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks
Primary reference: J.-W. Shen and S.-L. Zhang. 1997. A Late Devonian (Frasnian) Coral-Bafflestone Reef at Houshan in Guilin, South China. Facies 37:85-98 [A. Miller/K. Layou]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 5769: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 29.11.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Foraminifera | |
"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera
"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera Eichwald 1830 foram | |
Anthozoa | |
Smithiphyllum occidentale horn coral
Smithiphyllum guilinense n. sp. horn coral
Smithiphyllum sp. Birenheide 1962 horn coral | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Brachiopoda | |
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Pseudatrypa sp." = Pseudoatrypa
"Pseudatrypa sp." = Pseudoatrypa Copper 1973 | |
Deuteropoda | |
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin | |
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
Conodonta | |
Conodonta indet. conodont |