Also known as Reef 1607

Where: Hunan, China (27.8° N, 111.6° E: paleocoordinates 4.1° S, 115.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks and lithified, fine-grained, calcareous bindstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: mechanical,

• the reefcore is divided in two sections in which the abundance of the fossils changes.

•Lower part: Stromatopora 45%, Hexagonaria 30%, Alveolites 6%, between the rest Thamnopora and Temnophyllum are most abundant.

•Upper part: no Hexagonaria, Stromatoporoids 60%, Alveolites 10%, Rugosa and Tabulata are increased to 29%, from which Crassialveolitella and Alveolitella are relatively rich (about 2/3) and Thamnopora (about 1/3).

Primary reference: Z.-H. Liu. 1986. Ecological characters of Devonian Leimingdong reef complex section in Lianyuan of Hunan (in Chinese). Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 25(6):603-608 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 34988: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 23.10.2003

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