Huangnitang Reef, Lichuan (Permian of China)

Also known as Reef 291

Where: Hubei, China (30.1° N, 108.9° E: paleocoordinates 10.2° N, 95.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Changxing Formation, Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: J. S. Fan and W. Zhang. 1985. Sphinctozoans from Late Permian Reefs of Lichuan, West Hubei, China. Facies 13:1-44 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 74930: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.09.2007, edited by Matthew Clapham and Mihaela Krause

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Cyanobacteria sp.4
Cyanobacteria sp.4 Stanier 1973
Cyanophyceae
  - Aphralysiaceae
Archaeolithoporella sp.4
Algae
 Algae -
Algae indet.4
unclassified
  -
Echinodermata indet.4
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet.4
Gastropoda indet.4 Cuvier 1795 snail
Cephalopoda
 Ammonoidea -
Ammonoidea indet.4
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet.4
Bivalvia indet.4 Linnaeus 1758 clam
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet.4
Bryozoa indet.4 Ehrenberg 1831
Brachiopoda
  -
Brachiopoda indet.4
Brachiopoda indet.4 Cuvier 1805
Anthozoa
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet.4
Rugosa indet.4 horn coral
Hydrozoa
  -
Hydrozoa indet.4
Hydrozoa indet.4 Owen 1843
  - Nigriporellidae
Tubiphytes sp.4
Tubiphytes sp.4 Maslov 1956
Disjectoporidae
  - Disjectoporidae
Radiotrabeculopora elegans1, Lichuanopora bancaoensis n. gen. n. sp.1, ? Lichuanopora regulara n. sp.1, Pseudopalaeoaplysina major n. sp.1, Pseudopalaeoaplysina sinensis n. gen. n. sp.1
Radiotrabeculopora elegans1 Fan et al. 1991
Lichuanopora bancaoensis n. gen. n. sp.1 Fan et al. 1991
? Lichuanopora regulara n. sp.1 Fan et al. 1991
Pseudopalaeoaplysina major n. sp.1 Fan et al. 1991
Pseudopalaeoaplysina sinensis n. gen. n. sp.1 Fan et al. 1991
Calcarea
 Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae
"Peronidella" sp.2, "Peronidella" "sp. nov."2, "Stellispongia" sp.2
"Peronidella" sp.2 Hinde 1893 calcareous sponge
"Peronidella" "sp. nov."2 Hinde 1893 calcareous sponge
"Stellispongia" sp.2 d'Orbigny 1849 calcareous sponge
 Pharetronida -
"Inozoa" indet.2
"Inozoa" indet.2 Steinmann 1882
Demospongiae
 Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
"Waagenella sp." = Colospongia, Colospongia cf. dubia
"Waagenella sp." = Colospongia Laube 1865 demosponge
Colospongia cf. dubia Münster 1841 demosponge
 Hadromerida - Celyphiidae
"Uvanella" sp.
"Uvanella" sp. Ott 1967 demosponge
 Agelasida - Thaumastocoeliidae
Sollasia ostiolata3
Sollasia ostiolata3 Steinmann 1882 demosponge
 Agelasida - Girtycoeliidae
Girtycoelia sp.
Girtycoelia sp. King 1933 demosponge
 Agelasida - Guadalupiidae
Cystothalamia sp.
Cystothalamia sp. Girty 1908 demosponge
 Agelasida - Sebargasiidae
Polycystocoelia huajiaopingensis n. gen. n. sp., Polycystocoelia sinica
Polycystocoelia huajiaopingensis n. gen. n. sp. Zhang 1983 demosponge
Polycystocoelia sinica Zhang 1983 demosponge
Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporoidea -
Stromatoporoidea indet.4
Stromatoporoidea indet.4 stromatoporoid sponge
1Fan et al. 1991; 2Fan and Zhang 1986; 3Rigby et al. 1995; 4Tian and Wang 2021