Stromatoporoid sponge communities from the early Silurian on the Tibetan Plateau has long been poorly represented in the fossil record, hindering the assessment of the region’s role in global Paleozoic marine evolution. Recent investigation by a research team from Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIGPAS), and Korea University on the early Silurian stromatoporoids from Baingoin, central Tibet have significantly improved this situation. The team has systematically documented an early Silurian (Aeronian) stromatoporoid assemblage from shallow-marine carbonate strata of the lower Dongka Group, with findings published in the Journal of Palaeogeography.