Padaukpin biostrome, Maymyo (Devonian of Myanmar)

Also known as Reef 2041

Where: Myanmar (22.1° N, 96.6° E: paleocoordinates 6.5° S, 134.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Eifelian (393.3 - 387.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• biostrome
• light to dark grey, dolomitic limestones, commonly associated with loose muddy particles and in places interbedded with thin shales

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

• tabulate corals, brachiopods, sponges, bryozoans and microfossils reported to be present, but not listed

Primary reference: A. K. Aung. 1995. New Middle Devonian (Eifelian) rugose corals from Myanmar. Journal of Southeast Asian Earth Sciences 11(1):23-32 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 62942: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 02.08.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
Phillipsastrea hlawaii n. sp. horn coral