Where: China (42.4° N, 89.8° E: paleocoordinates 15.0° N, 69.3° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: lower Member (Dikanre Formation), Moscovian (315.2 - 307.0 Ma)
• from the uppermost unit in the lower member
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, calcareous shale
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. K. Rigby, J. A. Waters, C. G. Maples, N. G. Lane, Z. T. Liao and L. J. Liu. 1999. Hexactinellid and calcareous sponges from the Pennsylvanian (Moscovian) Dikanre Formation from Xinjiang-Uygur Autonomous Region, NW China. Journal of Paleontology 73(3):380-388 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 67701: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.12.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Hexactinellida | |
Stioderma sinensis n. sp. glass sponge
Stioderma micra n. sp. glass sponge
Stioderma magna n. sp. glass sponge | |
Stereodictyum proteron Rigby 1972 glass sponge | |
Demospongiae | |
Amblysiphonella cf. barroisi Steinmann 1882 demosponge |