PBDB Collection

Kinh Mon, Lo Son Beds (Devonian of Vietnam)

Also known as Reef 3845

Where: Vietnam (21.0° N, 106.6° E: paleocoordinates 3.9° N, 120.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Lo Son Formation (Ban Pap Group), Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• Caliapora battersbyi complex

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• bioherm and reef-related limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. Tong-Dzuy, T. H. Dang, D. H. Nguyen, D. K. Nguyen, H. H. Nguyen, T. D. Nguyen, H. P. Ta, K. N. Pham, and N. T. Doan. 1988. Stratigrafiya i tselenteraty Dewona W'etnama, 1: Stratigrafiya [Devonian stratigraphy and coelenterata of Vietnam, 1: Stratigraphy] 5-184 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 83288: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.08.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
Stauriida - Stauriidae	Dendrostella trigemme Dendrostella trigemme horn coral
Stauriida - Stringophyllidae	Stringophyllum (Sociophyllum) sp. Stringophyllum (Sociophyllum) sp. Wedekind 1922 horn coral
Rugosa -	Cuctienophyllum cuctienense, Cuctienophyllum vietnamicus Cuctienophyllum cuctienense horn coral Cuctienophyllum vietnamicus horn coral
Favositida - Coenitidae	Coenites aff. quydatensis, Coenites simplex, Coenites fascicularis Coenites aff. quydatensis tabulate coral Coenites simplex tabulate coral Coenites fascicularis tabulate coral
Favositida - Alveolitidae	Scoliopora denticulata, Crassialveolites macrotrematus, Crassialveolites crassus, Alveolites admirabilis, Alveolitella fecunda, Caliapora battersbyi Scoliopora denticulata Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 tabulate coral Crassialveolites macrotrematus tabulate coral Crassialveolites crassus tabulate coral Alveolites admirabilis tabulate coral Alveolitella fecunda tabulate coral Caliapora battersbyi tabulate coral
Favositida - Pachyporidae	Thamnopora minor, Thamnopora boloniensis, Thamnopora aff. polyforata, Thamnopora polytrematiformis, Thamnopora polygonalis, Thamnopora nicholsoni, "Trachypora dubatolovi" = Thamnoptychia, Cladopora sp. Thamnopora minor tabulate coral Thamnopora boloniensis tabulate coral Thamnopora aff. polyforata tabulate coral Thamnopora polytrematiformis tabulate coral Thamnopora polygonalis tabulate coral Thamnopora nicholsoni tabulate coral "Trachypora dubatolovi" = Thamnoptychia tabulate coral Cladopora sp. Hall 1851 tabulate coral
Auloporida - Syringoporidae	Syringopora eifeliensis Syringopora eifeliensis tabulate coral
Heliolitida - Heliolitidae	Heliolites porosus Heliolites porosus Goldfuss 1826 tabulate coral
Stromatoporoidea
Syringostromatida - Stachyoditidae	Stachyodes insignis, Stachyodes costulata Stachyodes insignis stromatoporoid sponge Stachyodes costulata Lecompte 1952 stromatoporoid sponge
Actinostromatida - Actinostromatidae	Actinostroma aff. devonense Actinostroma aff. devonense stromatoporoid sponge
Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae	Stromatopora concentrica Stromatopora concentrica stromatoporoid sponge
Amphiporida - Amphiporidae	Amphipora angusta, Amphipora cf. laxeperforata, Amphipora ramosa Amphipora angusta stromatoporoid sponge Amphipora cf. laxeperforata stromatoporoid sponge Amphipora ramosa Phillips 1841 stromatoporoid sponge
Demospongiae
Chaetetida - Chaetetidae	Pachytheca sp. Pachytheca sp. Schlüter 1885 chaetetid sponge
Hadromerida - Suberitidae	Chaetetes (Litophyllum) inflatiformis Chaetetes (Litophyllum) inflatiformis demosponge
Rhynchonellata
Terebratulida - Stringocephalidae	Bornhardtina sp., Stringocephalus burtini Bornhardtina sp. Stringocephalus burtini Defrance 1825