Liuzhai, Nandan area (Devonian of China)

Also known as Reef 1553

Where: Guangxi, China (25.3° N, 107.4° E: paleocoordinates 0.5° S, 117.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tungkangling Formation, Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• The reef is 4 km long, 250 m wide and 145 m thick.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: J. R. Liu and D. Y. Dong. 1991. Middle Devonian stromatoporoids from mountlike superimposed bioherms along carbonate platform margin from Liuzhai, Nandan, Guangxi. Acta Micropalaeontologica Sinica 8(3):309-324 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 82073: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 22.07.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Stringocephalidae
Stringocephalus sp.
Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
Taleastroma cf. irregulare, Stromatopora dubia, Stromatopora liujingensis, Stromatopora huepschii
Taleastroma cf. irregulare stromatoporoid sponge
Stromatopora dubia stromatoporoid sponge
Stromatopora liujingensis stromatoporoid sponge
Stromatopora huepschii Bargatzky 1881 stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporida - Ferestromatoporidae
Ferestromatopora tylganensis, Ferestromatopora crasselaminata, Ferestromatopora conferta
Ferestromatopora tylganensis stromatoporoid sponge
Ferestromatopora crasselaminata stromatoporoid sponge
Ferestromatopora conferta stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporida - Syringostromellidae
Salairella sp.
Salairella sp. Khalfina 1961 stromatoporoid sponge
 Clathrodictyida - Clathrodictyidae
Clathrodictyon abnorme
Clathrodictyon abnorme stromatoporoid sponge
 Clathrodictyida - Actinodictyidae
Actinodictyon hybridium
Actinodictyon hybridium stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporellida - Stromatoporellidae
Clathrocoilona sp.
Clathrocoilona sp. Yavorsky 1931 stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporellida - Trupetostromatidae
Trupetostroma cf. exquisitum
Trupetostroma cf. exquisitum stromatoporoid sponge
 Syringostromatida - Syringostromatidae
Parallelopora flexuosa
Parallelopora flexuosa stromatoporoid sponge
 Syringostromatida - Stachyoditidae
Stachyodes sp.
Stachyodes sp. Bargatzky 1881 stromatoporoid sponge
 Actinostromatida - Actinostromatidae
Actinostroma clathratum, Actinostroma fulongense, Actinostroma conglomeratum, Actinostroma expansum
Actinostroma clathratum stromatoporoid sponge
Actinostroma fulongense stromatoporoid sponge
Actinostroma conglomeratum stromatoporoid sponge
Actinostroma expansum Hall and Whitfield 1873 stromatoporoid sponge