Huangnitang Reef, Lichuan: Changhsingian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Echinodermata indet. Klein 1754
Tian and Wang 2021
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Tian and Wang 2021
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Tian and Wang 2021
Cephalopoda - Ammonoidea
Ammonoidea indet. Zittel 1884
Tian and Wang 2021
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Tian and Wang 2021
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Tian and Wang 2021
Hydrozoa
Hydrozoa indet. Owen 1843
Tian and Wang 2021
Hydrozoa - Nigriporellidae
Tubiphytes sp. Maslov 1956
Tian and Wang 2021
Anthozoa - Rugosa
Rugosa indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Tian and Wang 2021
Disjectoporidae
? Lichuanopora regulara n. sp. Fan et al. 1991
Fan et al. 1991
Lichuanopora bancaoensis n. gen., n. sp. Fan et al. 1991
Fan et al. 1991
Radiotrabeculopora elegans Fan et al. 1991
Fan et al. 1991
Pseudopalaeoaplysina sinensis n. gen., n. sp. Fan et al. 1991
Fan et al. 1991
Pseudopalaeoaplysina major n. sp. Fan et al. 1991
Fan et al. 1991
Pharetronida
"Inozoa" indet. Steinmann 1882
Fan and Zhang 1986
Calcarea - Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae
"Stellispongia" sp. d'Orbigny 1849
Fan and Zhang 1986
"Peronidella" sp. Hinde 1893
Fan and Zhang 1986
"Peronidella" informal sp. nov. Hinde 1893
Fan and Zhang 1986
Stromatoporoidea - Stromatoporoidea
Stromatoporoidea indet. Nicholson and Murie 1878
Tian and Wang 2021
Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
Waagenella sp. de Laubenfels 1955
synonym of Colospongia
Colospongia cf. dubia (Münster 1841)
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Sebargasiidae
Polycystocoelia huajiaopingensis n. gen., n. sp. Zhang 1983
Polycystocoelia sinica Zhang 1983
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Guadalupiidae
Cystothalamia sp. Girty 1908
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Thaumastocoeliidae
Sollasia sp. Steinmann 1882
    = Sollasia ostiolata Steinmann 1882
Rigby et al. 1995
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Girtycoeliidae
Girtycoelia sp. King 1933
Demospongiae - Hadromerida - Celyphiidae
"Uvanella" sp. Ott 1967
unclassified
Cyanobacteria sp. Stanier 1973
Tian and Wang 2021
Cyanophyceae - Aphralysiaceae
Archaeolithoporella sp. Endo 1959
Tian and Wang 2021
Algae
Algae indet.
Tian and Wang 2021
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Hubei
Coordinates: 30.1° North, 108.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.2° North, 95.3° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Permian Epoch:Lopingian
Stage:Changhsingian 10 m.y. bin:Permian 4
Key time interval:Changhsingian
Age range of interval:254.14000 - 251.90200 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Changxing
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 291
Database number:74930
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, M. Clapham Enterer:U. Merkel, M. Krause, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Krause Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-09-06 06:40:05 Last modified:2021-06-22 03:13:50
Access level:the public Released:2007-09-06 06:40:05
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

25279. J. S. Fan and W. Zhang. 1985. Sphinctozoans from Late Permian Reefs of Lichuan, West Hubei, China. Facies 13:1-44 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]

Secondary references:

25283 J. S. Fan, J. K. Rigby, and W. Zhang. 1991. "Hydrozoa" from Middle and Upper Permian reefs of south China. Journal of Paleontology 65(1):45-68 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]
33488 J. S. Fan and W. Zhang. 1986. A new sphinctozoan family, Intrasporeocoeliidae, from the Upper Permian reefs, Lichuan district, west Hubei. Scientia Geologica Sinica 1986:151-158 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
25280 J. K. Rigby, J. S. Fan, and N. Han. 1995. Upper Permian silicified sponges from central Guangxi and western Hubei, south China. Journal of Paleontology 69(2):232-250 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]
77199 X. Tian and Y. Wang. 2021. Compositional characteristics and paleoenvironmental significance of Changhsingian (Late Permian) sponge reefs in South China. Arabian Journal of Geosciences 14(1067) [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]