Biaoping, Ziyun County, Parawentzellophyllum-Kepingophyllum assemblage (Permian of China)

Where: Guizhou, China (25.3° N, 106.8° E: paleocoordinates 10.1° S, 97.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Sakmarian (295.5 - 290.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: X. H. Zhang. 2002. The Late Carboniferous and Early Permian rugose corals from Ziyun County and Qinglong County, south Guizhou. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 41:283-294 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 95009: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.04.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Kepingophyllidae
Kepingophyllum subtiles Zhang 2002 horn coral
Kepingophyllum microstroma Zhang 2002 horn coral