Dashiyan Reef, Shaanxi, China (Silurian of China)

Also known as Reef 3165

Where: Sichuan, China (32.7° N, 105.9° E: paleocoordinates 5.8° N, 131.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: griestoniensis to spiralis-grandis zone, Ningqiang Formation, Telychian (438.5 - 433.4 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone

• Autobiostromal base of patch reef; 17.5 m thick

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: Y. Li, S. Kershaw, and X. Chen. 2002. Biotic structure and morphology of patch reefs from South China (Ningqiang Formation, Telychian, Llandovery, Silurian). Facies 46:133-148 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 23254: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 11.07.2002

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Taxonomic list

• Resolved to genus level only
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unclassified
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Holocatenipora sp., Somphoporella sp., Cystiophyllum sp., Nalivkina sp.
Cystiophyllum sp.
corals until here
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Pentameridae
"Apopentamerus sp." = Harpidium (Isovella)
"Apopentamerus sp." = Harpidium (Isovella) Breyvel and Breyvel 1970
Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Sichuanoceratidae
Neosichuanoceras sp., Sichuanoceras sp.
Neosichuanoceras sp. Chen et al. 1981
Sichuanoceras sp. Chang 1962
Anthozoa
 Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
Microplasma sp., "Gyalophyllum sp." = Cystiphyllum (Gyalophyllum)
Microplasma sp. Dybowski 1873 horn coral
"Gyalophyllum sp." = Cystiphyllum (Gyalophyllum) Wedekind 1927 horn coral
 Cystiphyllida - Holmophyllidae
Holmophyllum sp.
Holmophyllum sp. Wedekind 1927 horn coral
 Cystiphyllida - Tryplasmatidae
Tryplasma sp.
Tryplasma sp. Lonsdale 1845 horn coral
 Stauriida - Kodonophyllidae
Kodonophyllum sp.
Kodonophyllum sp. Wedekind 1927 horn coral
 Stauriida - Ketophyllidae
Tabularia sp.
Tabularia sp. Soshkina 1937 horn coral
 Favositida - Agetolitidae
Somphopora sp.
Somphopora sp. Lindström 1883 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Multisoleniidae
Mesosolenia sp., Multisolenia sp.
Mesosolenia sp. Mironova 1960 tabulate coral
Multisolenia sp. Fritz 1937 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Cleistoporidae
Riphaeolites sp.
Riphaeolites sp. Yanet 1955 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
Mesofavosites sp., Favosites sp.
Mesofavosites sp. Sokolov 1951 tabulate coral
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Subalveolites sp.
Subalveolites sp. Sokolov 1955 tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Heliolitidae
Heliolites sp., Ningqiangolites sp.
Heliolites sp. Dana 1846 tabulate coral
Ningqiangolites sp. H.F. Chu 1975 tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Proporidae
Innapora sp., Propora sp.
Innapora sp. Leleshus 1974 tabulate coral
Propora sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Halysitidae
Falsicatenipora sp., Schedohalysites sp., Halysites sp.
Falsicatenipora sp. Hamada 1958 tabulate coral
Schedohalysites sp. Hamada 1957 tabulate coral
Halysites sp. von Waldheim 1813 tabulate coral