黔南宾夕法尼亚亚纪海域广大,普遍发育了一套台地相碳酸盐岩。该区碳酸盐台地浅水非常适宜生物生存,特别是底栖生物大量繁盛,生物造岩作用十分强烈。宾夕法尼亚亚纪地层中含有极为丰富的底栖生物化石,其中包括多种造礁生物并建造了不同类型的生物礁,主要礁体有:Fomitchevella珊瑚骨架礁、叶状藻骨架一障积礁、Ivanovia cf.manchurica珊瑚骨架一覆盖礁、未名造礁生物骨架礁、黏结生物Tubiphytes黏结礁。生物礁不仅种类较多,而且数量可观,反映了该时期生物礁的发展达到了较高的水平,应该是石炭纪生物礁发育的一次高潮期。
The sea in southern Guizhou of China during Pennsylvanian was larger in area, and developed a series of platform facies carbonate. The carbonate platform with shallow water was feasible for life-form survival, especially the flourish of benthos, and the biogenic deposition was very strong. The Pennsylvanian strata contain a- bundant benthos fossoils, including kinds of reefbuilding organisms. These reef-building organisms built different reefs in which the main typs are Fomitchevella coral framework reefs, phylloid algae framework-barrier reefs, Ivanovia cf. manchurica framework-coverage reefs, non-named reef-building organism framework reefs, Tubiphytes agglomerating reefs. The abundant and multipicate types of reefs in southern Guizhou reveal the high developmental level of Pennsylvanian reefs which should be a climax stage in the reef history of Carboniferous.