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Late Guadalupian (Middle Permian) Fusuline Fauna from the Xiala Formation in Xainza County, Central Tibet: Implication of the Rifting Time of the Lhasa Block

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Yi-Chun Zhang ,
Li-Ren Cheng  and
Shu-Zhong Shen
Yi-Chun Zhang
Affiliation:
1State Key Laboratory of Paleobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008, China,
Li-Ren Cheng
Affiliation:
2College of Earth Science, Jilin University, Changchun 130026, China
Shu-Zhong Shen
Affiliation:
1State Key Laboratory of Paleobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008, China,
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Abstract

A fusuline fauna consisting of 9 species of 4 genera from the Xiala Formation of the Mujiucuo section, Xainza County, Tibet, China is described. The fusuline fauna is dominated by Nankinella and Chusenella and indicates a Midian (Late Guadalupian) age. The earliest record of fusuline fauna during the Midian in the Lhasa Block suggests that the block rifted later than the Qiangtang Block to the north and the Baoshan and Tengchong blocks to the east, all of which yield much earlier fusuline faunas of Yakhtashian (Artinskian) age, but had drifted away from Gondwana to a relatively warm temperate zone in the Late Guadalupian (Middle Permian).

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 84 , Issue 5 , September 2010 , pp. 955 - 973
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