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Trilobites and biofacies of the Ordovician Pagoda Formation, Donggongsi of Zunyi, Guizhou Province, China

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2011

Gongzheng Yin ,
Ronald P. Tripp ,
Zhiyi Zhou ,
Zhiqiang Zhou  and
Wenwei Yuan
Gongzheng Yin
Affiliation:
Geological Survey of Guizhou Province, Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Bagongli, Guiyang 550005, People's Republic of China
Ronald P. Tripp
Affiliation:
Palaeobiology Department, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 2C6
Zhiyi Zhou
Affiliation:
Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Academia Sinica, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008, People's Republic of China
Zhiqiang Zhou
Affiliation:
Xi'an Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, 166 East Youyi Road, Xi'an 710054, People's Republic of China
Wenwei Yuan
Affiliation:
Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Academia Sinica, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008, People's Republic of China
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Abstract

Twenty-one trilobite species belonging to 18 genera are described from the measured section of the Pagoda Formation (Caradoc) at Donggongsi, Zunyi, Guizhou Province, China. The fauna is numerically dominated by the hammatocnemid Ovalocephalus and remopleuridid Dislobosaspis (gen. nov.), and the Ovalocephalus–Dislobosaspis Biofacies is established to represent a shallow outer-shelf trilobite association. The lithofacies and trilobite taphonomy indicate a comparatively quiet and undisturbed depositional environment. Trilobites exhibit strong SE Asian affinities and formed part of the Peri-Gondwana fauna. They are closely related to those of South- Central Europe but show some Baltoscandian aspects.

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Caradocpalaeogeographytaxonomy
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Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 90 , Issue 3 , 1999 , pp. 203 - 220
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1999

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