Rao Cai, upper Quy Dat Beds (Devonian to of Vietnam)

Where: Vietnam (17.9° N, 105.8° E: paleocoordinates 6.7° N, 116.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Quy Dat Formation, Givetian to Givetian (387.7 - 372.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone and lithified marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. Tong-Dzuy, T. H. Dang, D. H. Nguyen, D. K. Nguyen, H. H. Nguyen, T. D. Nguyen, H. P. Ta, K. N. Pham, and N. T. Doan. 1988. Stratigrafiya i tselenteraty Dewona W'etnama, 1: Stratigrafiya [Devonian stratigraphy and coelenterata of Vietnam, 1: Stratigraphy] 5-184 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 83340: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 19.08.2008

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Floricrinus floreus
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnopora boloniensis, Thamnopora cf. nicholsoni, Thamnopora polyforata
Thamnopora boloniensis tabulate coral
Thamnopora polyforata tabulate coral
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolites lemicus, Alveolites aff. smithi, Alveolites admirabilis, Crassialveolites cf. crassus, Scoliopora muricata, Scoliopora formosa, Scoliopora denticulata, Caliapora battersbyi
Alveolites lemicus tabulate coral
Alveolites aff. smithi tabulate coral
Alveolites admirabilis tabulate coral
Scoliopora muricata tabulate coral
Scoliopora formosa tabulate coral
Scoliopora denticulata Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 tabulate coral
Caliapora battersbyi tabulate coral
 Favositida - Coenitidae
Coenites cf. simplex
Coenites cf. simplex tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Romingeriidae
Remesia kettneri
Remesia kettneri tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Aulocystidae
Aulocystis polonicus
Aulocystis polonicus tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Disphyllidae
Hexagonaria bongbutensis
 Rugosa - Charactophyllidae
Temnophyllum rozkowskae, Temnophyllum waltheri
Temnophyllum waltheri Frost and Langenheim 1966 horn coral
Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporellida - Idiostromatidae
Idiostroma fililaminatum
Idiostroma fililaminatum stromatoporoid sponge
 Clathrodictyida - Gerronostromatidae
Gerronostroma mareitchevi
Gerronostroma mareitchevi stromatoporoid sponge
 Amphiporida - Amphiporidae
Amphipora minima, Amphipora ramosa
Amphipora minima stromatoporoid sponge
Amphipora ramosa Phillips 1841 stromatoporoid sponge
subsp. minor
 Syringostromatida - Stachyoditidae
Stachyodes caespitosa, Stachyodes insignis, Stachyodes radiata
Stachyodes caespitosa stromatoporoid sponge
Stachyodes insignis stromatoporoid sponge
Stachyodes radiata Lecompte 1952 stromatoporoid sponge
 Actinostromatida - Actinostromatidae
Actinostroma bifarium, Actinostroma geminatum
Actinostroma bifarium stromatoporoid sponge
Actinostroma geminatum stromatoporoid sponge
Crinoidea
  - Schyschcatocrinidae
Schyschcatocrinus cf. creber
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
Gypidula cf. planisinosa
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria ivanovi, Schizophoria aff. striatula
Schizophoria aff. striatula von Schlotheim 1813
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Ambocoelia umbonata, Emanuella ronensis, Emanuella takwanensis, Emanuella cf. cicer
Ambocoelia umbonata Conrad 1842
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Mucrospirifer novosibiricus
Mucrospirifer novosibiricus
subsp. vietnamicus
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
"Athyris concentricus" = Athyris concentrica
"Athyris concentricus" = Athyris concentrica von Buch 1834
 Terebratulida - Stringocephalidae
Stringocephalus burtini
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Desquamatia cf. desquamata, Desquamatia zonataeformis, Spinatrypa bistriata, Spinatrypa vassinensis, Atrypa velikajae, Atrypa vulgariformis, Atrypa reticularis
Atrypa reticularis Linnaeus 1758