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Article: Carnian (Late Triassic) conodont faunas from south‐western China and their implications

Papers in Palaeontology - Volume 4 Part 4 - Cover
Publication: Papers in Palaeontology
Volume: 4
Part: 4
Publication Date: November 2018
Page(s): 513 535
Author(s): Zaitian Zhang, Yadong Sun, Xulong Lai, and Paul B. Wignall
DOI: 10.1002/spp2.1116
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ZHANG, Z., SUN, Y., LAI, X., WIGNALL, P.B. 2018. Carnian (Late Triassic) conodont faunas from south‐western China and their implications. Papers in Palaeontology, 4, 4, 513-535. DOI: /doi/10.1002/spp2.1116

Author Information

  • Zaitian Zhang - College of Marine Science & Technology China University of Geosciences Wuhan 430074 China
  • Zaitian Zhang - State Key Laboratory of Biogeology & Environmental Geology China University of Geosciences Wuhan 430074 China
  • Yadong Sun - GeoZentrum Nordbayern Universität Erlangen‐Nürnberg Schlossgarten 5 91054 Erlangen Germany
  • Yadong Sun - State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology & Stratigraphy Nanjing Institute of Geology & Palaeontology Nanjing 210008 China
  • Xulong Lai - State Key Laboratory of Biogeology & Environmental Geology China University of Geosciences Wuhan 430074 China
  • Paul B. Wignall - School of Earth & Environment University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9JT UK

Publication History

  • Issue published online: 03 November 2018
  • Manuscript Accepted: 26 February 2018
  • Manuscript Received: 08 September 2017

Funded By

National Key R&D Program of China. Grant Number: 2016YFA0601100
Natural Science Foundation of China. Grant Numbers: 41602026, 41572002
‘111’ project. Grant Number: B08030

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Abstract

Conodonts are important index fossils for supra‐regional correlation especially in the Triassic. However, early Carnian conodonts are comparatively poorly known in South China. In this study, conodont biostratigraphy and taxonomy are investigated at three sections in the provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou. Two genera and 23 species are identified, including 4 new species: Quadralella (Q.) postica sp. nov., Q. robusta sp. nov., Q. wignalli sp. nov. and Q. yongningensis sp. nov. Five conodont zones are recognized. They are, in ascending order, the Paragondolella foliata Zone, Q. polygnathiformis Zone, Q. praelindae Zone, Q. aff. auriformis Zone and Q. robusta Zone. Conodonts are reasonably diverse and abundant in the upper Zhuganpo Formation (Julian 1) but decrease sharply in both species richness and diversity towards the Wayao Formation (Julian 2 and younger). It is most likely that this change was caused by climate warming and marine anoxia during the Carnian Humid Episode.

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