Zhuzhai, stromatoporoid biostrome (Ordovician of China)

Also known as Reef 932

Where: Jiangxi, China (28.6° N, 118.3° E: paleocoordinates 2.0° N, 124.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tangyagraptus typicus - Diceratograptus mirus graptolite zone, Xiazhen Formation, Ashgill (449.5 - 443.7 Ma)

• middle part of the formation, Middle Ashgill

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• Clathrodictyon biostrome, 2.35 m thick

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Y. Li, S. Kershaw, and X. Mu. 2004. Ordovician reef systems and settings in South China before the Late Ordovician mass extinction. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 205:235-254 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 80139: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.04.2008, edited by Mihaela Krause

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Cyanophyceae
  - Garwoodiaceae
Ortonella sp. Garwood 1914
Garwoodia sp. Wood 1941
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Virgianidae
Stromatoporoidea
 Clathrodictyida - Clathrodictyidae
Clathrodictyon sp. Nicholson and Murie 1878 stromatoporoid sponge
 Labechiida - Stylostromatidae
Stylostroma sp. Gorsky 1938 stromatoporoid sponge