ammonites
Daluokeng, Daluokeng Member 1, Gaofeng, Cili County (Permian of China)

Also known as Reef 2852

Where: Hunan, China (29.4° N, 110.9° E: paleocoordinates 9.8° N, 97.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: 1 Member (Daluokeng Formation), Changhsingian (254.0 - 252.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, pebbly, shelly/skeletal, gray framestone and unlithified wackestone

• Sponge-algal framestone. Member 1: greyish-white, massive sponge-algal framestone, intercalated, lenticular beds of wackestones, shell beds containing corals, sponges, foraminifers, calcareous algae and brachiopods

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: G. Xu and R. E. Grant. 1996. Reef-dwelling brachiopods from the late Permian of the central Yangtze river area, China. in: Copper, P. and Jin, J., eds., "Brachiopods" 305-311 [W. Kiessling/M. Apel/M. Apel] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31420: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Marcus Apel on 13.05.2003