Xiangbo reef, unit 36, Longlin County: Capitanian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Intrasporeocoeliidae
Intrasporeocoelia hubeiensis Fan and Zhang 1985
1 specimen
Rhabdactinia depressa Rigby et al. 1989
1 specimen
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Sebargasiidae
Amblysiphonella spinosa n. sp. Rigby et al. 1989
1 specimen
Polycystocoelia huajiaopingensis Zhang 1983
Rigby et al. 1994 1 specimen
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Auriculospongiidae
Cavusonella caverna Rigby et al. 1989
Rigby et al. 1989
Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
Colospongia sp. Laube 1865
1 specimen
sp. A, C. cortexifera from Maokou Fm. at Xiangbo reported in 1994
Calcarea - Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae
Stellispongia sp. d'Orbigny 1849
Rigby et al. 1994 1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Guangxi
Coordinates: 24.9° North, 105.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:4.2° South, 97.6° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Permian Epoch:Guadalupian
Stage:Capitanian 10 m.y. bin:Permian 4
Key time interval:Capitanian
Age range of interval:264.28000 - 259.51000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Maokou
Local section:Xiangbo Local bed:36
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Unit 36, upper Maokou Formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified framestone
Lithology description: Rudstones, Floatstones and a few scattered sponge framestones.
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 225
Database number:47435
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:S. Nurnberg, U. Merkel
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2005-02-25 01:13:31 Last modified:2011-04-14 01:18:44
Access level:the public Released:2005-02-25 01:13:31
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

12752. J. K. Rigby, J. Fan, and W. Zhang. 1989. Sphinctozoan sponges from the Permian reefs of South China. Journal of Paleontology 63(4):404-439 [W. Kiessling/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]

Secondary references:

25619 J. K. Rigby, J. S. Fan, and W. Zhang. 1989. Inozoan calcareous Porifera from the Permian reefs in South China. Journal of Paleontology 63(6):778-800 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]
12753 J. K. Rigby, J. Fan, W. Zhang, S. Wang, and X. Zhang. 1994. Sphinctozoan and Inozoan Sponges from the Permian Reefs of South China. BYU Geology Studies 40:43-109 [W. Kiessling/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]