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Changxingian (Upper Permian) radiolarian fauna from Meishan D Section, Changxing, Zhejiang, China, and its possible paleoecological significance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

Weihong He
Affiliation:
Faculty of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, P. R. China,
Qinglai Feng
Affiliation:
Faculty of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, P. R. China,
Songzhu Gu
Affiliation:
Faculty of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, P. R. China,
Yuxi Jin
Affiliation:
Faculty of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, P. R. China,

Abstract

A well-preserved radiolarian fauna reported from the Changxing Formation in the Meishan D Section, Changxing, Zhejiang, China, mainly includes abundant Entactinia itsukaichiensis, Grandetortura nipponica, Copicyntra robustodentata, Lepingosphaera stauracanthus, and a few Entactinia meishanensis n. sp., Entactinia? sp., Entactinosphaera cimelia, Triaenosphaera sp., Tetragregnon sp., Paracopicyntra ziyunensis, Copicyntroides sp. cf. C. asteriformis, Copicyntroides sp., and Ishigum trifustis, with the conodont Neogondolella subcarinata Zone. One new species, Entactinia meishanensis, is described in this paper. This radiolarian fauna is characterized by low abundance and low diversity, and apparently occurred in a water depth of 150–200 m.

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