Diebu, Lalong Formation, S Gansu (Silurian of China)

Also known as Reef 3431

Where: China (34.7° N, 104.8° E: paleocoordinates 32.2° S, 131.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• late Aeronian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• some reefs

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Y. Li and S. Kershaw. 2003. Reef Reconstruction after Extinction Events of the Latest Ordovician in the Yangtze Platform, South China. Facies 48:269-284 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 61431: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 12.06.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Konodonophyllum sp., Eostauria sp., Amplexiodes sp., Cystocantrillina sp., Cystophyllum sp., Gyalohylloides sp.
Anthozoa
 Rugosa -
Pseudoamplexus sp.
Pseudoamplexus sp. Smyshlyaeva 1948 horn coral
 Cystiphyllida - Fletcheriidae
Fletcheria sp.
Fletcheria sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 horn coral
 Cystiphyllida - Tryplasmatidae
Aphyllum sp., Tryplasma sp.
Aphyllum sp. Soshkina 1937 horn coral
Tryplasma sp. Lonsdale 1845 horn coral
 Stauriida - Stauriidae
Palaeophyllum sp.
Palaeophyllum sp. Billings 1858 horn coral
 Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Brachyelasma sp., Paramplexoides sp., Dinophyllum sp.
Brachyelasma sp. Lang et al. 1940 horn coral
Paramplexoides sp. He 1978 horn coral
Dinophyllum sp. Lindström 1882 horn coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
Mesofavosites sp., Favosites sp.
Mesofavosites sp. Sokolov 1951 tabulate coral
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Syringopora sp.
Syringopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 tabulate coral
Stromatoporoidea
 Clathrodictyida - Clathrodictyidae
Clathrodictyon sp.
Clathrodictyon sp. Nicholson and Murie 1878 stromatoporoid sponge