Ha Lang, Ha Lang Beds (Devonian of Vietnam)

Also known as Reef 2981

Where: Vietnam (22.7° N, 106.7° E: paleocoordinates 2.2° N, 117.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Ha Lang Formation (Ban Pap Group), Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• 500 m thick, Caliapora battersbyi complex

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• bioherm and reef-related limestones

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 83244: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 13.08.2008

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
 Terebratulida - Stringocephalidae
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae
"Neostringophyllum heterophylloides" = Acanthophyllum (Neostringophyllum), Grypophyllum aff. carinatum
"Neostringophyllum heterophylloides" = Acanthophyllum (Neostringophyllum) horn coral
 Stauriida - Stringophyllidae
 Stauriida - Stauriidae
 Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
Phillipsastrea sp. d'Orbigny 1849 horn coral
 Stauriida - Disphyllidae
 Stauriida - Kyphophyllidae
Tabulophyllum sp. Fenton and Fenton 1924 horn coral
 Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
 Rugosa - Charactophyllidae
Temnophyllum aff. waltheri Frost and Langenheim 1966 horn coral
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnopora aliena tabulate coral
Thamnopora angusta tabulate coral
Thamnopora polygonalis tabulate coral
Thamnopora polyforata tabulate coral
Thamnopora nicholsoni tabulate coral
Thamnopora irregularis tabulate coral
 Favositida - Coenitidae
Coenites verus tabulate coral
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolitella polenowi tabulate coral
Alveolites admirabilis tabulate coral
Crassialveolites crassus tabulate coral
Scoliopora denticulata Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 tabulate coral
Caliapora battersbyi tabulate coral
Caliapora reducta tabulate coral
Caliapora robusta Pradacova 1938 tabulate coral
Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
Stromatopora concentrica stromatoporoid sponge
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Clavidictyon aff. praecipuum Zukalova 1971 stromatoporoid sponge
 Amphiporida - Amphiporidae
Amphipora aff. pervesiculata stromatoporoid sponge
Amphipora yunnanense stromatoporoid sponge
Amphipora aff. blokhini stromatoporoid sponge
Amphipora angusta stromatoporoid sponge
Amphipora rudis stromatoporoid sponge
Amphipora pinguis stromatoporoid sponge
Amphipora ramosa Phillips 1841 stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporellida - Trupetostromatidae
Hermatostroma perseptatum stromatoporoid sponge
 Actinostromatida - Actinostromatidae
Actinostroma clathratum stromatoporoid sponge