Bianping, Ziyun County, phylloid algal buildups (Carboniferous of China)

Also known as Reef 195

Where: Guizhou, China (25.6° N, 106.1° E: paleocoordinates 10.7° S, 98.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Maping Formation, Gzhelian (303.7 - 298.9 Ma)

• Triticites zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks and lithified packstone

• Phylloid algal buildups, 2-8 m thick, 30-50 m lateral extension. Auloporid corals locally form patches.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: E. Gong, E. Samankassou, C. Guan, Y. Zhang, and B. Sun. 2007. Paleoecology of Pennsylvanian phylloid algal buildups in south Guizhou, China. Facies 53:615-623 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 76758: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 03.12.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Streptophyllidium sp.
Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Eugonophyllum sp.
Eugonophyllum sp. Konishi and Wray 1961
 Bryopsidales - Codiaceae
Neoanchicodium sp.
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Beresellaceae
Beresella sp.
Beresella sp. Makhaev 1937
 Dasycladales - Seletonellaceae
Epimastopora sp.
Foraminifera
 Fusulinoidea - Fusulinidae
Fusulina sp., Fusulinella sp.
Fusulina sp. Schellwien 1898
Fusulinella sp. Moeller 1878
 Fusulinoidea - Pseudostaffellidae
Pseudostaffella sp.
Pseudostaffella sp. Thompson 1942
 Fusulinoidea - Schwagerinidae
Triticites sp.
 Endothyroidea - Bradyinidae
Bradyina sp.
 Endothyroidea - Endothyridae
Endothyridae indet.
 Fusulinina - Tuberitinidae
Tuberitina sp.
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Choristes sp.
Choristes sp. Carpenter 1872 moon snail
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer orientalis
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Orthotichia marmerea
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Shamovella
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Shamovella sp.
Shamovella sp. Rauser-Chernousova 1951
Anthozoa
 Rugosa -
Diversiphyllum sp.
 Stauriida - Bothrophyllidae
Pseudotimania sp.
Pseudotimania sp. Dobrolyubova and Kabakovich 1948 horn coral
 Stauriida - Kepingophyllidae
Nephelophyllum sp.
Nephelophyllum sp. Wu and Zhao 1974 horn coral