Ziyundong, Ziyun County, Southern Guizhou: Wordian - Capitanian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Shen and Xu 2005
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Shen and Xu 2005
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Shen and Xu 2005
Hydrozoa - Nigriporellidae
Tubiphytes sp. Maslov 1956
Ezaki 2000
Hydrozoa - Milleporina - Heterastrididae
"Heterastridium" sp. Reuss 1865
Shen and Xu 2005
not plausible, Norian genus!
Anthozoa - Scleractinia
Houchangocyathus wangi Ezaki 2000
Ezaki 2000
Anthozoa - Favositida - Pachyporidae
Heterocoenites sp. Gerth 1922
Shen and Xu 2005
Calcarea - Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae
Peronidella sp. Hinde 1893
Shen and Xu 2005
Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Tebagathalamiidae
Tebagathalamia cylindrica Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988
1 specimen
Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
Colospongia cortexifera Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988
3 specimens
Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Verticillitidae
Stylothalamia ex gr. eleganta Rigby et al. 1994
2 specimens
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Pharetrospongiidae
Grossotubenella parallela Rigby et al. 1989
1 specimen
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Intrasporeocoeliidae
Intrasporeocoelia hubeiensis Fan and Zhang 1985
2 specimens
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Guadalupiidae
Guadalupia sp. Girty 1908
Shen and Xu 2005
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Thaumastocoeliidae
Sollasia sp. Steinmann 1882
Shen and Xu 2005
Cyanophyceae - Aphralysiaceae
Archaeolithoporella sp. Endo 1959
Shen and Xu 2005
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales
Anthracoporella sp. Pia 1920
Shen and Xu 2005
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Guizhou
Coordinates: 25.8° North, 106.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.4° South, 97.5° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Permian Epoch:Guadalupian
10 m.y. bin:Permian 4
Key time interval:Wordian - Capitanian
Age range of interval:266.90000 - 259.51000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Houziguan Limestone Member:Ziyundong
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: Maokouan regional stage
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified rudstone
Secondary lithology: lithified framestone
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 196
Database number:47456
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:S. Nurnberg, U. Merkel, W. Kiessling
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2005-02-25 03:42:13 Last modified:2007-09-14 06:14:20
Access level:the public Released:2005-02-25 03:42:13
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
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]

Secondary references:

16539 Y. Ezaki. 2000. Palaeoecological and phylogenetic implications of a new scleractiniamorph genus from Permian sponge reefs, South China. Palaeontology 43(2):199-217 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]
25304 J. W. Shen and H. L. Xu. 2005. Microbial carbonates as contributors to Upper Permian (Guadalupian-Lopingian) biostromes and reefs in carbonate platform setting, Ziyun County, south China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 218:217-238 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]
25305 S. Wang, J. S. Fan, and J. K. Rigby. 1994. The Permian reefs in Ziyun County, southern Guizhou, China. Geology Studies, Brigham Young University 40:155-183 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]