The thin, laminar to low domical, encrusting stromatoporoid Pulchrilamina spinosa is reported from the Tremadocian—Floian in Hubei and Guizhou provinces, South China. The Chinese Pulchrilamina appeared earlier (late Tremadocian—early Floian) than North American equivalents (early Floian), which possess large domical forms and are the main framework-builders. Pulchrilamina appeared much earlier than the observed diversification of other stromatoporoids. These skeletal reef-builders thus provide excellent clues for understanding the initial evolution of the stromatoporoids and the subsequent development of the skeletal-dominated (especially stromatoporoid-dominated) reefs that reached their first acme in the late Middle—Late Ordovician.
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1 April 2012
Early Ordovician Stromatoporoid Pulchrilamina spinosa from South China: Geobiological Significance and Implications for the Early Development of Skeletal-Dominated Reefs
Natsuko Adachi,
Jianbo Liu,
Yoichi Ezaki
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Paleontological Research
Vol. 16 • No. 1
April 2012
Vol. 16 • No. 1
April 2012
Girvanella
Ordovician
reef
South China
stromatoporoid