Leimingdong reef complex, reef base, biostrome, Hunan,China (Devonian of China)

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)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, silty, carbonaceous mudstone and lithified reef rocks

• dolomitic siltstone, mudstone, marl, biostrome from corals

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: mechanical,

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 34987: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 23.10.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Crassialveolitella sp., Pycnostroma sp.
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Favositidae
Pachyfavosites sp.
Pachyfavosites sp. Sokolov 1952 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnopora sp., Cladopora sp.
Thamnopora sp. Steininger 1831 tabulate coral
Cladopora sp. Hall 1851 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolitella sp., Alveolites sp., Crassialveolites sp.
Alveolitella sp. Sokolov 1952 tabulate coral
Alveolites sp. Lamarck 1801 tabulate coral
Crassialveolites sp. Sokolov 1955 tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Auloporidae
Aulopora sp.
Aulopora sp. Goldfuss 1829 tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Stringophyllidae
Sunophyllum sp.
Sunophyllum sp. Wang 1948 horn coral
 Stauriida - Endophyllidae
Endophyllum sp.
Endophyllum sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 horn coral
 Stauriida - Disphyllidae
Hexagonaria sp., Disphyllum sp.
Hexagonaria sp. Gürich 1896 horn coral
Disphyllum sp. Fromentel 1861 horn coral
[entered as Dispyllum sp.]
 Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
Pseudomicroplasma sp.
 Rugosa - Charactophyllidae
Temnophyllum sp.
Temnophyllum sp. Walther 1928 horn coral
Demospongiae
 Hadromerida - Suberitidae
Chaetetes sp.
Chaetetes sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1829 demosponge
Bivalvia
 Solemyida - Ctenodontidae
Ctenodonta sp.
Ctenodonta sp. Salter 1852 clam
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo sp.
Palaeoneilo sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Ptychopteria sp.
Ptychopteria sp. Hall 1883 oyster
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes sp.
Chonetes sp. Fischer de Waldheim 1830
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Leptostrophia sp.
Leptostrophia sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
Gypidula sp.
Gypidula sp. Hall 1867
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria sp.
Schizophoria sp. King 1850
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Athyris sp.
 Terebratulida - Stringocephalidae
Stringocephalus sp.
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa sp.
Atrypa sp. Dalman 1828