Also known as Reef 930

Where: Hunan, China (28.8° N, 109.7° E: paleocoordinates 27.3° N, 157.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Qingxudong Formation, Toyonian (512.9 - 510.2 Ma)

• thickness 120 - 160 m

•third Member of Qingxudong Fm.

•single reef 4-6 km long

•0.2 - 0.8 km wide

•Latest Middle Cambrian age according to several sources

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; framestone

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 80091: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Falko Reichel on 03.04.2008

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