Uzunbulak Section, Bed 11, Piqiang, Artux City: Asselian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae
? Kochiproductus tianchiensis Wang and Yang 1998
(1 measurement)
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Stictozoster leptus Grant 1976
(1 measurement)
Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae
Vediproductus tongluensis Liang 1990
synonym of Vediproductus punctatiformis
(1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae
Phricodothyris uzunbulakensis n. sp. Chen 2004
Chen 2004
(5 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Purdonella nikitini (Tschernyschew 1902)
Chen 2004
(2 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer plana n. sp. Chen 2004
Chen 2004
(1 measurement)
Cartorhium rhomboidalis (Jin and Ye 1979)
(1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
Hunzina tenuisulcata (Merla 1934)
Chen 2004
(1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Brachythyrididae
Cathayspirina fenshuijiangensis Liang 1990
Chen 2004
(1 measurement)
Meristorygma tarimensis n. sp. Chen 2004
Chen 2004
(2 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Paraspiriferinidae
Paraspiriferina transversa n. sp. Chen 2004
Chen 2004
(2 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
Stenoscisma mutabilis (Tschernyschew 1902)
Chen 2004
(3 measurements)
Stenoscisma grabaui n. sp. Chen 2004
Chen 2004
(1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Uncinunellina theobaldi (Waagen 1883)
Chen 2004
synonym of Uncinunellina timorensis
(1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Notothyrididae
? Gefonia sp. Licharew 1936
Chen 2004
Gefonia sinuata (Zhang 1983)
Chen 2004
(2 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Pseudodielasmatidae
Fredericksolasma sublaevis (Waagen 1882)
Chen 2004
(1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Gillediidae
Lowenstamia gegyaiensis Sun 1991
Chen 2004
(3 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma gigantea (Tschernyschew 1902)
Chen 2004
original and current combination Dielasma giganteum
(1 measurement)
Cyanophyceae - Aphralysiaceae
Archaeolithoporella sp. Endo 1959
Hormogoneae - Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
see common names

Geography
Country:China
Coordinates: 39.8° North, 77.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:27.2° North, 67.4° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Permian Epoch:Cisuralian
Stage:Asselian 10 m.y. bin:Permian 1
Key time interval:Asselian
Age range of interval:298.90000 - 293.52000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Piqiang
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:oncoidal,shelly/skeletal lithified grainstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Skeletal grainstones with fusulinids and oncoid grainstones with fusulinds and brachiopods
Environment:perireef or subreef
Geology comments: open shallow subtidal, substrate of reef 3295
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:random
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils
Collection methods:selective quarrying,mechanical,peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Good taxonomic data only on brachiopods. Prevailing sponges not studied
Taxonomic list comments:Data incomplete
Metadata
Database number:35512
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling, U. Merkel
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2003-12-19 02:24:25 Last modified:2011-02-16 22:57:01
Access level:the public Released:2003-12-19 02:24:25
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

9594. Z.-Q. Chen, G. R. Shi, and W.-R. Yang. 2003. Internal Structure and Paleoecology of the Lower Permian Uzunbulak Reef Complex of the Tarim Basin, Northwest China. Facies 49:119-134 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]

Secondary references:

18150 Z. Q. Chen. 2004. Lower Permian reef-dwelling brachiopod faunas from the Tarim Basin, Northwest China: biostratigraphy, palaeoecology and biogeography. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 272(1-4):1-96 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]