Song Mua, Upper Ban Pap Beds (Devonian of Vietnam)

Also known as Reef 3846

Where: Vietnam (21.2° N, 105.1° E: paleocoordinates 4.0° N, 118.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Ban Pap 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 83298: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.08.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Stringophyllidae
Stringophyllum sp.
Stringophyllum sp. Wedekind 1922 horn coral
 Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae
Grypophyllum cf. carinatum, Grypophyllum isactis
 Stauriida - Stauriidae
Dendrostella trigemme
 Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
Macgeea ex gr. multizonata, Phillipsastrea sp.
Phillipsastrea sp. d'Orbigny 1849 horn coral
 Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
Pseudomicroplasma fongi
 Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Syringopora eifeliensis
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Crassialveolites crassiformis, Crassialveolites crassus, Crassialveolites cavernosus, Caliapora motomensis, Caliapora battersbyi, Natalophyllum sp., Scoliopora cf. dubrovensis, Scoliopora denticulata
Crassialveolites crassus tabulate coral
Caliapora motomensis tabulate coral
Caliapora battersbyi tabulate coral
Natalophyllum sp. Radugin 1938 tabulate coral
Scoliopora denticulata Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnopora bublichenkovi, Thamnopora polygonalis, Thamnopora nicholsoni, "Trachypora dubatolovi" = Thamnoptychia
Thamnopora polygonalis tabulate coral
Thamnopora nicholsoni tabulate coral
"Trachypora dubatolovi" = Thamnoptychia tabulate coral
Demospongiae
 Hadromerida - Suberitidae
Chaetetes (Litophyllum) inflatiformis
Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporellida - Trupetostromatidae
Trupetostroma cf. pellucida
Trupetostroma cf. pellucida stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporellida - Idiostromatidae
Idiostroma crassum
Idiostroma crassum stromatoporoid sponge
 Amphiporida - Amphiporidae
Amphipora angusta, Amphipora cf. lituata, Amphipora agreste, Amphipora rudis, Amphipora ramosa
Amphipora angusta stromatoporoid sponge
Amphipora cf. lituata stromatoporoid sponge
Amphipora agreste stromatoporoid sponge
subsp. vojachia
Amphipora rudis stromatoporoid sponge
Amphipora ramosa Phillips 1841 stromatoporoid sponge
 Clathrodictyida - Atelodictyidae
Atelodictyon sp.
Atelodictyon sp. Lecompte 1951 stromatoporoid sponge
 Clathrodictyida - Tienodictyidae
Tienodictyon rarum
Tienodictyon rarum stromatoporoid sponge
 Syringostromatida - Stachyoditidae
Stachyodes cf. odinekensis, Stachyodes gracilis, Stachyodes verticillata, Stachyodes costulata
Stachyodes cf. odinekensis stromatoporoid sponge
Stachyodes gracilis stromatoporoid sponge
Stachyodes verticillata stromatoporoid sponge
Stachyodes costulata Lecompte 1952 stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
Stromatopora concentrica
Stromatopora concentrica stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporida - Syringostromellidae
Syringostromella zintchenkovi
Syringostromella zintchenkovi Chalfina 1960 stromatoporoid sponge
subsp. tenuis
 Actinostromatida - Actinostromatidae
Actinostroma clathratum
Actinostroma clathratum stromatoporoid sponge
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Stringocephalidae
Stringocephalus sp.