Buzhai reefs (Devonian of China)

Also known as Reef 938

Where: Guizhou, China (25.4° N, 107.4° E: paleocoordinates 0.6° S, 117.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Dushan Formation, Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• Jipao and Jiwozhai Member

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• stromatoporoid-coral reefs

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: X. Liu, Z. Liu, M. Yang, R. Yang, Y. Xiao and Y. Wang. 2004. A preliminary study on the Devonian Buzhai reefs in southern Guizhou. Chinese Journal of Geology 39(1):92-97 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 84330: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.10.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Ilmenia sp.
 Terebratulida - Stringocephalidae
Stringocephalus sp.
Crinoidea
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Cyclocyclicus sp.
Cyclocyclicus sp. Yeltysheva 1955 Sea lily
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnopora bilamellosa, Thamnopora tumeoforma
Thamnopora bilamellosa tabulate coral
Thamnopora tumeoforma tabulate coral
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolites tischnoffi, Alveolitella densata, Crassialveolites sp.
Alveolites tischnoffi tabulate coral
Alveolitella densata tabulate coral
Crassialveolites sp. Sokolov 1955 tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Auloporidae
Aulopora sp.
Aulopora sp. Goldfuss 1829 tabulate coral
 Rugosa - Charactophyllidae
Temnophyllum sp.
Temnophyllum sp. Walther 1928 horn coral
 Stauriida - Disphyllidae
Disphyllum hsianghsiense, Argutastrea sinensis
Stromatoporoidea
 Syringostromatida - Stachyoditidae
Stachyodes radiata
Stachyodes radiata Lecompte 1952 stromatoporoid sponge
 Clathrodictyida - Clathrodictyidae
Clathrodictyon hunanensis
Clathrodictyon hunanensis stromatoporoid sponge
 Actinostromatida - Actinostromatidae
Actinostroma clathratum, Actinostroma sertiform
Actinostroma clathratum stromatoporoid sponge
Actinostroma sertiform stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
Stromatopora sinopachytexta, Stromatopora concentrica
Stromatopora sinopachytexta stromatoporoid sponge
Stromatopora concentrica stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporellida - Stromatoporellidae
Clathrocoilona abeona
Clathrocoilona abeona stromatoporoid sponge
Demospongiae
 Hadromerida - Suberitidae
Chaetetes sp.
Chaetetes sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1829 demosponge