Where: Sichuan, China (26.0° N, 113.2° E: paleocoordinates 24.6° N, 93.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Hanwang Formation, Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)
• Sponge mound in the upper part of Hanwang formation.
Environment/lithology: basin reef; lithified wackestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: original calcite, original silica
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ), sieve,
Primary reference: J. Wendt, X. Wu, and J. W. Reinhardt. 1989. Deep-water hexactinellid sponge mounds from the Upper Triassic of northern Sichuan (China). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 76:17-29 [D. Bottjer/C. Powers]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 192218: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 16.03.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Spiriferina sp. d'Orbigny 1847 | |
Stenolaemata | |
Dyscritella zardinii Schafer and Fois 1987 | |
Cephalopoda | |
Thisbites sp. Mojsisovics 1893 ceratite | |
Crinoidea | |
? Tyrolecrinus sp. Klikushin 1982 Sea lily
Tyrolecrinus cf. tyrolensis Laube 1865 Sea lily | |
Ophiuroidea | |
Ophioflabellum sp. Donofrio and Mostler 1977 brittle star |