Diebu, Lalong Formation, S Gansu: Aeronian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Konodonophyllum sp.
Eostauria sp.
Amplexiodes sp.
Cystocantrillina sp.
Cystophyllum sp.
Gyalohylloides sp.
Anthozoa
Pseudoamplexus sp. Smyshlyaeva 1948
Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Fletcheriidae
Fletcheria sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Tryplasmatidae
Aphyllum sp. Soshkina 1937
Tryplasma sp. Lonsdale 1845
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Stauriidae
Palaeophyllum sp. Billings 1858
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Brachyelasma sp. Lang et al. 1940
Paramplexoides sp. He 1978
Dinophyllum sp. Lindström 1882
Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Mesofavosites sp. Sokolov 1951
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Syringopora sp. Goldfuss 1826
Stromatoporoidea - Clathrodictyida - Clathrodictyidae
Clathrodictyon sp. Nicholson and Murie 1878
see common names

Geography
Country:China
Coordinates: 34.7° North, 104.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.2° South, 131.6° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Silurian Epoch:Llandovery
Stage:Aeronian 10 m.y. bin:Silurian 1
Key time interval:Aeronian
Age range of interval:440.80000 - 438.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Lalong
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: late Aeronian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "carbonate"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Geology comments: some reefs
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 3431
Database number:61431
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-06-12 00:49:43 Last modified:2006-07-17 12:28:48
Access level:the public Released:2006-06-12 00:49:43
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

17691. 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]