Where: Anhui, China (31.6° N, 117.8° E: paleocoordinates 3.2° N, 96.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Qixia Formation, Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)
• 33.28 m thick
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, black, gray limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: H. C. Chen, Y. Y. Yan, and D. L. Qi. 1983. Chusenophyllum (Rugose coral) from the Chihsia Formation of Lower Permian, southern Anhui. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 22(5):510-516 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 100206: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.12.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Yatsengia sp. Huang 1932 horn coral | |
Polythecalis yangtzeensis, Polythecalis nankingensis, Polythecalis regularis, Polythecalis irregularis, Polythecalis chinensis
Polythecalis yangtzeensis Huang 1932 horn coral
Polythecalis nankingensis Tseng 1950 horn coral
Polythecalis regularis Fontaine 1961 horn coral
Polythecalis irregularis Yu et al. 1981 horn coral
Polythecalis chinensis Girty 1907 horn coral | |
Hayasakaia yunnanensis Lin 1958 tabulate coral
Hayasakaia elegantula Yabw and Hayasaka 1915 tabulate coral
Tetraporinus aequitabulata Huang 1932 tabulate coral | |
"Sinopora dendroides" = Multithecopora dendroidea
"Sinopora dendroides" = Multithecopora dendroidea Yoh 1932 tabulate coral | |
Protomichelinia cf. microstoma Yabe and Hayasaka 1915 tabulate coral | |
Foraminifera | |