Song Ka, Lower Nam Can Beds (Devonian of Vietnam)

Where: Vietnam (18.8° N, 105.8° E: paleocoordinates 6.2° N, 119.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Nam Can Formation, Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

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 83322: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 18.08.2008

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnopora boloniensis tabulate coral
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Scoliopora denticulata Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 tabulate coral
Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporellida - Stromatoporellidae
Stictostroma cf. irregularis stromatoporoid sponge
 Actinostromatida - Actinostromatidae
Actinostroma crassepilatum stromatoporoid sponge
Actinostroma expansum Hall and Whitfield 1873 stromatoporoid sponge
 Amphiporida - Amphiporidae
Amphipora monotrosa stromatoporoid sponge
Amphipora ramosa Phillips 1841 stromatoporoid sponge
subsp. minor
 Syringostromatida - Stachyoditidae
Stachyodes verticillata stromatoporoid sponge
Stachyodes caespitosa stromatoporoid sponge
Stachyodes radiata Lecompte 1952 stromatoporoid sponge