PBDB Collection

C-H reef complex from Longmenshan Area (Devonian of China)

Also known as Reef 3553

Where: Sichuan, China (32.3° N, 104.5° E: paleocoordinates 6.5° S, 122.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Guanwushan Formation, Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• The C-H reef complex overlap the I-U-E community.

• Clathrocoilona - Hexagonaria reef complex

•short: C-H reef complex

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Preservation: original calcite

Primary reference: Y. Chen and X. Li. 2005. Paleocommunity Replacements of Benthic Brachiopod in the Middle - Upper Devonian in the Longmenshan Area, Southwestern China: Responses to Sea Level Fluctuations. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 79(3):313-324 [W. Kiessling/F. Reichel/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 74632: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Falko Reichel on 20.08.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
Favositida - Alveolitidae	Scoliopora dubrovensis Scoliopora dubrovensis tabulate coral
Favositida - Pachyporidae	Thamnopora sp. Thamnopora sp. Steininger 1831 tabulate coral
Rugosa -	"Frechastrea major" = Frechastraea "Frechastrea major" = Frechastraea horn coral
Stauriida - Endophyllidae	Iowaphyllum crassozoralum, Iowaphyllum longmenshanense Iowaphyllum crassozoralum horn coral Iowaphyllum longmenshanense horn coral
Stauriida - Stringophyllidae	Neospongophyllum sichuanense Neospongophyllum sichuanense horn coral
Stauriida - Disphyllidae	Hexagonaria longiseptata, Hexagonaria hexagon, Hexagonaria stenotabulata, Hexagonaria tuqiaoziensis, Argutastrea shiziyaensis Hexagonaria longiseptata horn coral Hexagonaria hexagon horn coral Hexagonaria stenotabulata horn coral Hexagonaria tuqiaoziensis horn coral Argutastrea shiziyaensis horn coral
Stromatoporoidea
Stromatoporellida - Stromatoporellidae	Clathrocoilona subclathrata, Clathrocoilona spissa Clathrocoilona subclathrata stromatoporoid sponge Clathrocoilona spissa Lecompte 1951 stromatoporoid sponge
Stromatoporellida - Trupetostromatidae	Hermatostroma perseptatum, Hermatostroma poorsum, Trupetostroma lacratum Hermatostroma perseptatum stromatoporoid sponge Hermatostroma poorsum stromatoporoid sponge Trupetostroma lacratum stromatoporoid sponge
Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae	Stromatopora goldfussi, Stromatopora huepschii Stromatopora goldfussi stromatoporoid sponge Stromatopora huepschii Bargatzky 1881 stromatoporoid sponge
Clathrodictyida - Tienodictyidae	Pseudoactinodictyon lenticulare Pseudoactinodictyon lenticulare stromatoporoid sponge
Actinostromatida - Actinostromatidae	Actinostroma piriforme, Bifariostroma bifarium Actinostroma piriforme stromatoporoid sponge Bifariostroma bifarium stromatoporoid sponge
Demospongiae
Hadromerida - Suberitidae	Chaetetes magnus Chaetetes magnus demosponge