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Article: A new Dienerian (Early Triassic) brachiopod fauna from South China and implications for biotic recovery after the Permian–Triassic extinction

Papers in Palaeontology - Volume 3 Part 3 - Cover
Publication: Papers in Palaeontology
Volume: 3
Part: 3
Publication Date: August 2017
Page(s): 425 439
Author(s): Fengyu Wang, Jing Chen, Xu Dai and Haijun Song
DOI: 10.1002/spp2.1083
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How to Cite

WANG, F., CHEN, J., DAI, X., SONG, H. 2017. A new Dienerian (Early Triassic) brachiopod fauna from South China and implications for biotic recovery after the Permian–Triassic extinction. Papers in Palaeontology, 3, 3, 425-439.

Author Information

  • Fengyu Wang - State Key Laboratory of Biogeology & Environmental Geology, School of Earth Science, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
  • Jing Chen - State Key Laboratory of Biogeology & Environmental Geology, School of Earth Science, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
  • Jing Chen - Yifu Museum of China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
  • Xu Dai - State Key Laboratory of Biogeology & Environmental Geology, School of Earth Science, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
  • Haijun Song - State Key Laboratory of Biogeology & Environmental Geology, School of Earth Science, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China

Publication History

  • Issue online: 1 AUG 2017
  • Version of Record online: 5 JUL 2017
  • Manuscript Accepted: 22 MAY 2017
  • Manuscript Received: 11 FEB 2017

Funded By

National Natural Science Foundation of China. Grant Numbers: 41672016, 41622207, 41530104, 41661134047
Ministry of Science and Technology of China
State Key R&D project of China. Grant Number: 2016YFA0601100
111 Project. Grant Number: B08030

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Abstract

Brachiopods suffered severe extinction during the Permian–Triassic crisis, such that their diversity dropped to extremely low levels in the Early Triassic. Here we describe a new brachiopod fauna from the Dienerian of Lichuan, South China. This fauna consists of three monospecific genera, including one new genus and one new species: Lichuanorelloides lichuanensis gen. et sp. nov., Lissorhynchia sp. and Crurithyris sp. These brachiopods co-occur with the ammonoids Ussuridiscus, Jieshaniceras, Hubeitoceras and Vishnuites, suggesting an early Dienerian age. The geographical distribution of brachiopods in family Norellidae during the Early Triassic suggests that a migration took place towards higher latitudes, which may have been caused by the extreme climate warming that prevailed during the Dienerian.

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