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Article: A new Cathaysiorthis (Brachiopoda) fauna from the lower Llandovery of eastern Qinling, China

Papers in Palaeontology - Volume 5 Issue 3 - Cover
Publication: Papers in Palaeontology
Volume: 5
Part: 3
Publication Date: August 2019
Page(s): 537 557
Author(s): Bing Huang, David A. T. Harper, Hang‐Hang Zhou, Ren‐Bin Zhan, Yi Wang, Peng Tang, Jun‐Ye Ma, Guang‐Xu Wang, Di Chen, Yu‐Chen Zhang, Xiao‐Cong Luan, and Jia‐Yu Rong
DOI: 10.1002/spp2.1253
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HUANG, B., HARPER, D.A.T., ZHOU, H., ZHAN, R., WANG, Y., TANG, P., MA, J., WANG, G., CHEN, D., ZHANG, Y., LUAN, X., RONG, J. 2019. A new Cathaysiorthis (Brachiopoda) fauna from the lower Llandovery of eastern Qinling, China . Papers in Palaeontology, 5, 3, 537-557. DOI: /doi/10.1002/spp2.1253

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  • Bing Huang - State Key Laboratory of Paleobiology & Stratigraphy Nanjing Institute of Geology & Palaeontology Chinese Academy of Sciences Nanjing 210008 China
  • Bing Huang - Center for Excellence in Life & Paleoenvironment Chinese Academy of Sciences Nanjing 210008 China
  • David A. T. Harper - Palaeoecosystems Group Department of Earth Sciences Durham University Durham DH1 3LE UK
  • Hang‐Hang Zhou - State Key Laboratory of Paleobiology & Stratigraphy Nanjing Institute of Geology & Palaeontology Chinese Academy of Sciences Nanjing 210008 China
  • Hang‐Hang Zhou - University of Science & Technology of China Hefei 230026 China
  • Ren‐Bin Zhan - State Key Laboratory of Paleobiology & Stratigraphy Nanjing Institute of Geology & Palaeontology Chinese Academy of Sciences Nanjing 210008 China
  • Ren‐Bin Zhan - Center for Excellence in Life & Paleoenvironment Chinese Academy of Sciences Nanjing 210008 China
  • Yi Wang - State Key Laboratory of Paleobiology & Stratigraphy Nanjing Institute of Geology & Palaeontology Chinese Academy of Sciences Nanjing 210008 China
  • Yi Wang - Center for Excellence in Life & Paleoenvironment Chinese Academy of Sciences Nanjing 210008 China
  • Peng Tang - State Key Laboratory of Paleobiology & Stratigraphy Nanjing Institute of Geology & Palaeontology Chinese Academy of Sciences Nanjing 210008 China
  • Peng Tang - Center for Excellence in Life & Paleoenvironment Chinese Academy of Sciences Nanjing 210008 China
  • Jun‐Ye Ma - State Key Laboratory of Paleobiology & Stratigraphy Nanjing Institute of Geology & Palaeontology Chinese Academy of Sciences Nanjing 210008 China
  • Jun‐Ye Ma - Center for Excellence in Life & Paleoenvironment Chinese Academy of Sciences Nanjing 210008 China
  • Guang‐Xu Wang - State Key Laboratory of Paleobiology & Stratigraphy Nanjing Institute of Geology & Palaeontology Chinese Academy of Sciences Nanjing 210008 China
  • Guang‐Xu Wang - Center for Excellence in Life & Paleoenvironment Chinese Academy of Sciences Nanjing 210008 China
  • Di Chen - State Key Laboratory of Paleobiology & Stratigraphy Nanjing Institute of Geology & Palaeontology Chinese Academy of Sciences Nanjing 210008 China
  • Di Chen - School of Earth Sciences & Engineering Nanjing University Nanjing 210023 China
  • Yu‐Chen Zhang - State Key Laboratory of Paleobiology & Stratigraphy Nanjing Institute of Geology & Palaeontology Chinese Academy of Sciences Nanjing 210008 China
  • Yu‐Chen Zhang - University of Science & Technology of China Hefei 230026 China
  • Xiao‐Cong Luan - State Key Laboratory of Paleobiology & Stratigraphy Nanjing Institute of Geology & Palaeontology Chinese Academy of Sciences Nanjing 210008 China
  • Xiao‐Cong Luan - Center for Excellence in Life & Paleoenvironment Chinese Academy of Sciences Nanjing 210008 China
  • Jia‐Yu Rong - State Key Laboratory of Paleobiology & Stratigraphy Nanjing Institute of Geology & Palaeontology Chinese Academy of Sciences Nanjing 210008 China
  • Jia‐Yu Rong - Center for Excellence in Life & Paleoenvironment Chinese Academy of Sciences Nanjing 210008 China

Publication History

  • Issue published online: 20 July 2019
  • Manuscript Accepted: 31 October 2018
  • Manuscript Received: 22 June 2018

Funded By

National Natural Science Foundation of China. Grant Numbers: 41472006, 41521061, 41530103
Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences. Grant Number: XDB 26000000
Leverhulme Trust (UK)

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Abstract

Following the end Ordovician mass extinction, brachiopod faunas were commonly of low diversity, generally rare in abundance, and restricted to shallow‐water environments in many places. The Cathaysiorthis fauna, first described from South East China, is the most diverse brachiopod fauna in the world succeeding the Hirnantia fauna, and has modified our previous views on the recovery of shelly benthos after the extinctions. Here, we report a newly‐discovered fauna with abundant Cathaysiorthis from the lower Zhangwan Formation (lower–middle Rhuddanian, lower Llandovery) in Qinling, Xichuan County, Henan Province, China. This fauna is slightly younger than that previously documented from South East China, and the evolution of Cathaysiorthis fauna, in terms of its composition, is discussed. The Qinling Cathaysiorthis fauna has a narrower bathymetric range (Benthic Assemblage Zone 3) than that of the fauna from South East China (BA 2–5) and occurred on the Qinling–Dabie Microplate located on the northwest margin of the South China Plate. The migration of the Cathaysiorthis fauna from the South China plate to Qinling–Dabie was achieved by larvae that used ambient ocean currents and possibly drifted from the Jiangnan Region of South East China to Qinling. The Qinling Cathaysiorthis fauna includes 13 species belonging to 12 genera. Two new species, Cathaysiorthis xichuanensis sp. nov. and Aegiria apta sp. nov. are established and described herein, and ten other species are discussed.

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