Leidapo, Qingyan, Guiyang (Triassic to of China)

Also known as Reef 60

Where: Yunnan, China (26.3° N, 106.7° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 9.7° S, 108.9° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Qingyan Formation, Pelsonian to Pelsonian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: platform or shelf-margin reef; lithified reef rocks

• barrier reef

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with calcite

Reposited in the NIGPAS

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: Z. Q. Deng and L. Kong. 1984. Middle Triassic corals and sponges from southern Guizhou and eastern Yunnan. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 23(4):489-504 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 78655: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 13.02.2008

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Taxonomic list

• Only corals reported
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Hexactinellida
 Hexactinosa - Cribrospongiidae
Tremadictyon roemeri
Tremadictyon roemeri Assmann 1937 glass sponge
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Margarophylliidae
Neoconophyllia guiyangensis n. sp., Neoconophyllia leidapoensis n. sp., Margarophyllia vortica n. sp., Semidistichophyllum guizhouensis n. gen. n. sp.
Neoconophyllia guiyangensis n. sp. Deng and Kong 1984 stony coral
Neoconophyllia leidapoensis n. sp. Deng and Kong 1984 stony coral
Margarophyllia vortica n. sp. Deng and Kong 1984 stony coral
Semidistichophyllum guizhouensis n. gen. n. sp. Deng and Kong 1984 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Procyathophora aff. furstenbergensis
Procyathophora aff. furstenbergensis Eck 1880 stony coral
listed as fürstenbergensis
 Scleractinia - Pamiroseriidae
Pamiroseris cf. silesiaca
Pamiroseris cf. silesiaca Beyrich 1852 stony coral