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Early carboniferous brachiopod faunas from the Baoshan block, west Yunnan, southwest China

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posted on 2005-01-01, 00:00 authored by Guang ShiGuang Shi, Z Q Chen, L P Zhan
38 brachiopod species in 27 genera and subgenera are described from the Yudong Formation in the Shidian-Baoshan area, west Yunnan, southwest China. New taxa include two new subgenera: Unispirifer (Septimispirifer) and Brachythyrina (Longathyrina), and seven new species: Eomarginifera yunnanensis, Marginatia cylindrica, Unispirifer (Unispirifer) xiangshanensis, Unispirifer (Septimispirifer) wafangjieensis, Brachythyrina (Brachythyrina) transversa, Brachythyrina (Longathyrina) baoshanensis, and Girtyella wafangjieensis. Based on the described material and constraints from associated coral and conodont faunas, the age of the brachiopod fauna from the Yudon Formation is considered late Tournaisian (Early Carboniferous), with a possibility extending into earlyViseacutean.

History

Journal

Alcheringa : an Australian journal of palaeontology

Volume

29

Issue

1

Pagination

31 - 85

Publisher

Association of Australasian Palaeontologists

Location

Sydney, N.S.W.

ISSN

0311-5518

eISSN

1752-0754

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal; C Journal article

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