Leidapo, Qingyan, Guiyang: Pelsonian - Illyrian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Procyathophora aff. furstenbergensis (Eck 1880)
listed as fürstenbergensis
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pamiroseriidae
Pamiroseris cf. silesiaca (Beyrich 1852)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Margarophylliidae
Margarophyllia vortica n. sp. Deng and Kong 1984
Neoconophyllia guiyangensis n. sp. Deng and Kong 1984
Neoconophyllia leidapoensis n. sp. Deng and Kong 1984
Semidistichophyllum guizhouensis n. gen., n. sp. Deng and Kong 1984
Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Cribrospongiidae
Tremadictyon roemeri Assmann 1937
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Yunnan
Coordinates: 26.3° North, 106.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:13.3° North, 95.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Triassic Epoch: Middle Triassic
Stage: Anisian 10 m.y. bin: Triassic 2
Key time interval: Pelsonian - Illyrian
Age range of interval: 244.7 - 242 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Qingyan
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "reef rocks"
Lithology description: barrier reef
Environment:platform/shelf-margin reef
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:replaced with calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils,some macrofossils,difficult macrofossils
Collection methods:peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:NIGPAS
Taxonomic list comments:Only corals reported
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 60
Database number:78655
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-02-13 05:07:07 Last modified:2013-09-09 19:41:48
Access level:the public Released:2008-02-13 05:07:07
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

26447. Z. Q. Deng and L. Kong. 1984. Middle Triassic corals and sponges from southern Guizhou and eastern Yunnan. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 23(4):489-504 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/M. Clapham]