Devonian Corals from Zhaotong, NE Yunnan (II) ——Givetian Rugose Corals

A relatively complete and extended Devonian shallow marine sequence crops out in the vicinity of Qingmen village in the northeastern suburb of Zhaotong, Yunnan Province. Lower to Upper Devonian strata are all exposed, with abundant shallow water benthic fossils. It is an ideal area for Devonian studies in the northeastern Yunnan Province. The stratigraphic succession has been well established, which is very thick. Nevertheless, benthic fossils have not been described. The present paper is the second of the series of rugose coral studies, dealing with late Middle Devonian (Givetian) strata and corals, with discussions on stratigraphic divisions and correlations, as well as the coral palaeobiogeographical relationship. Six genera and species have been described, with a new genus and species named. They are?Endophyllum panxiense Liao, Ma and Sun, Sinospongophyllum sp., Parasociophyllum isactis (Frech), Argutastrea endecus (Kong), Temnophyllum poshiense Wang and Dianqianophyllum bianqingense gen. et sp. nov.

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