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

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cyanophyceae - Aphralysiaceae
Archaeolithoporella sp. Endo 1959
Shen and Xu 2005
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales
Anthracoporella sp. Pia 1920
Shen and Xu 2005
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Shen and Xu 2005
unclassified
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Shen and Xu 2005
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Shen and Xu 2005
Anthozoa - Scleractinia
Houchangocyathus wangi Ezaki 2000
Ezaki 2000
Anthozoa - Favositida - Pachyporidae
Heterocoenites sp. Gerth 1922
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!
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 - Verticillitidae
Stylothalamia ex gr. eleganta Rigby et al. 1994
2 specimens
Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
Colospongia cortexifera Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988
3 specimens
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Intrasporeocoeliidae
Intrasporeocoelia hubeiensis Fan and Zhang 1985
2 specimens
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Thaumastocoeliidae
Sollasia sp. Steinmann 1882
Shen and Xu 2005
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Guadalupiidae
Guadalupia sp. Girty 1908
Shen and Xu 2005
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Pharetrospongiidae
Grossotubenella parallela Rigby et al. 1989
1 specimen
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, W. Kiessling, U. Merkel
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]