Yankong, Jinsha, bioherm (Cambrian of China)

Also known as Reef 925

Where: Guizhou, China (27.6° N, 106.2° E: paleocoordinates 30.3° N, 159.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Minghsingssu Formation, Botomian (516.0 - 512.9 Ma)

• total thickness 45.3 m, also spelled Minxinshi Fm.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. Zeng, B. Liu, and Y. Huang. 1994. Reefs through geological ages in China. Reefs through geological ages in China 1-104 [W. Kiessling/F. Reichel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 79911: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Falko Reichel on 26.03.2008, edited by Uta Merkel

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Taxonomic list

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Archaeocyatha
 Capsulocyathida - Coscinocyathidae
Coscinocyathus sp.
Coscinocyathus sp. Bornemann 1884 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Bronchocyathidae
Conannulofungia jinshaensis
Conannulofungia jinshaensis archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Ajacicyathidae
Ajacicyathus sp., Rotundocyathus sp.
Ajacicyathus sp. Bedford and Bedford 1939 archaeocyath sponge
Rotundocyathus sp. Vologdin 1960 archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Archaeopharetridae
Protopharetra sp.
Protopharetra sp. Bornemann 1884 archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Archaeocyathidae
Archaeocyathus jacicyathus, "Archaeofungia sp." = Pycnoidocyathus
Archaeocyathus jacicyathus archaeocyath sponge
"Archaeofungia sp." = Pycnoidocyathus Taylor 1910 archaeocyath sponge