Shuibatang, Tongzi County (Silurian of China)

Where: China (29.0° N, 107.1° E: paleocoordinates 8.2° N, 127.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Shihniulan Formation, Aeronian (440.8 - 438.5 Ma)

• Late Aeronian

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; wackestone and packstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. Wang, Y. Li, S. Kershaw and X. Deng. 2014. Global reef recovery after the end-Ordovician extinction: evidence from late Aeronian coral–stromatoporoid reefs in South China. Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar 136(1):286-289 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 164269: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 27.11.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Quasifletcheriella sp., Hedstroemia sp., Encrinoides sp.
Crinoidea
 Cyathocrinida - Petalocrinidae
Petalocrinus sp., "Spriocrinus sp." = Spirocrinus
Petalocrinus sp. Weller and Davidson 1896 Sea lily
"Spriocrinus sp." = Spirocrinus Mu and Wu 1974 Sea lily
Brachiopoda
  -
Brachiopoda indet.
Cephalopoda
 Nautiloidea -
Nautiloidea indet.
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae
Hormotoma sp.
Hormotoma sp. Salter 1859 snail
Trilobita
 Proetida - Proetidae
Latiproetus sp.
Latiproetus sp. Lu 1962 trilobite
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Coronocephalus sp.
Coronocephalus sp. Grabau 1924 trilobite
Anthozoa
 Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
Microplasma sp., Mackenziephyllum sp., Cystiphyllum sp.
Microplasma sp. Dybowski 1873 horn coral
Mackenziephyllum sp. Pedder 1971 horn coral
Cystiphyllum sp. Lonsdale 1839 horn coral
 Cystiphyllida - Tryplasmatidae
Aphyllum sp., Tryplasma sp.
Aphyllum sp. Soshkina 1937 horn coral
Tryplasma sp. Lonsdale 1845 horn coral
 Cystiphyllida - Goniophyllidae
Rhizophyllum sp.
Rhizophyllum sp. Lindström 1866 horn coral
 Stauriida -
Paraceriaster sp.
Paraceriaster sp. He 1980 horn coral
 Stauriida - Stauriidae
Ceriaster sp., Stauria sp., Parastauria sp.
Ceriaster sp. Lindström 1883 horn coral
Stauria sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 horn coral
Parastauria sp. He and Lee 1974 horn coral
 Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Crassilasma sp.
Crassilasma sp. Ivanovskiy 1962 horn coral
 Stauriida - Ketophyllidae
Tabularia sp., Dentilasma sp.
Tabularia sp. Soshkina 1937 horn coral
Dentilasma sp. Ivanovskiy 1962 horn coral
 Stauriida - Entelophyllidae
Entelophyllum sp.
Entelophyllum sp. Wedekind 1927 horn coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
Mesofavosites sp., Paleofavosites sp., Favosites sp.
Mesofavosites sp. Sokolov 1951 tabulate coral
Paleofavosites sp. Twenhofel 1914 tabulate coral
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Cladopora sp.
Cladopora sp. Hall 1851 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Coenitidae
Coenites sp.
Coenites sp. Eichwald 1829 tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Tetraporellidae
Troedssonites sp.
Troedssonites sp. Sokolov 1947 tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Heliolitidae
Heliolites sp.
Heliolites sp. Dana 1846 tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Halysitidae
Halysites sp.
Halysites sp. von Waldheim 1813 tabulate coral
Stromatoporoidea
 Clathrodictyida - Clathrodictyidae
Clathrodictyon sp.
Clathrodictyon sp. Nicholson and Murie 1878 stromatoporoid sponge
 Labechiida - Platiferostromatidae
Pleostylostroma sp.
Pleostylostroma sp. Wang 1982 stromatoporoid sponge
 Labechiida - Labechiidae
Labechia sp.
Labechia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stromatoporoid sponge
Hormogoneae
 Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
Girvanella sp.
Girvanella sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1878
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Solenopora sp.
Solenopora sp. Dybowski 1877