scholarly journals Three-dimensionally phosphatized meiofaunal bivalved arthropods from the Upper Cambrian of Western Hunan, South China

2017 ◽  
Vol 285 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huaqiao Zhang ◽  
Shuhai Xiao
Keyword(s):  
South China ◽  
Upper Cambrian ◽  
Western Hunan

scholarly journals Middle Cambrian through lowermost Ordovician conodonts from Hunan, South China

2017 ◽  
Vol 91 (S73) ◽  
pp. 1-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xi-ping Dong ◽  
Huaqiao Zhang
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South China ◽  
Total Mass ◽  
Histological Investigation ◽  
Middle Cambrian ◽  
Upper Cambrian ◽  
Western Hunan

AbstractSince 1986, samples with a total mass of more than 14,000 kg, mainly from three key sections in western Hunan, South China, have been processed for conodonts. Previous work mainly focused on biostratigraphy, but the taxonomy has been performed only on the faunas of the middle Cambrian. Described herein are conodonts of the upper Cambrian (Furongian Series) through lowermost Ordovician from Hunan, South China. Conodonts of the middle Cambrian are redescribed, based on material that has been recovered for more than three decades. The fauna consists of 82 species belonging to 36 genera. Newly established genera areLugnathusn. gen.,Miaognathusn. gen.,Millerodontusn. gen.,Tujiagnathusn. gen.,Wangcunellan. gen. andWangcunognathusn. gen. New species areCoelocerodontus hunanensisn. sp.,Furnishina wangcunensisn. sp.,Laiwugnathus hunanensisn. sp.,Laiwugnathus transitansn. sp.,Lugnathus hunanensisn. gen. n. sp.,Miaognathus multicostatusn. gen. n. sp.,Millerodontus intermediusn. gen. n. sp.,Prosagittodontus compressusn. sp.,Tujiagnathus gracilisn. gen. n. sp.,Wangcunella conicusn. gen. n. sp.,Wangcunognathus elegansn. gen. n. sp.,Westergaardodina dimorphan. sp.,Westergaardodina gigantean. sp., andWestergaardodina solan. sp. The taxonomy of some conodont genera is revised. In the light of histological investigation, genera are assigned to euconodonts, paraconodonts, or protoconodonts. The 13 conodont zones previously proposed in the middle Cambrian through lowermost Ordovician remain the same, but taxa within these conodont zones are documented more clearly because of the revised taxonomy proposed herein.

Two species of Hesslandona (Phosphatocopida, Crustacea) from the Upper Cambrian of western Hunan, South China and the phylogeny of Phosphatocopida

2011 ◽  
Vol 85 (4) ◽  
pp. 770-788 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huaqiao Zhang ◽  
Xi-Ping Dong ◽  
Shuhai Xiao
Keyword(s):  
South China ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Upper Cambrian ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
The Third ◽  
Ontogenetic Stages ◽  
Third Stage ◽  
Partial Fusion ◽  
Western Hunan

The phosphatocopids Hesslandona necopina Müller, 1964 and Hesslandona longispinosa (Kozur, 1974) new combination, recovered from the Upper Cambrian in western Hunan, South China, are described. The ontogenetic stages of H. necopina are revised, with newly defined second and third ontogenetic stages. The second stage is characterized by a bipartite mandibular limb stem consisting of separate coxa and basipod. The third stage is characterized by the partial fusion of the mandibular coxa and basipod. These two parts may become completely fused possibly in a later ontogenetic stage. Vestrogothia longispinosa Kozur, 1974 is reassigned to Hesslandona because of the presence of an interdorsum and a relatively narrow doublure. The new data reported here, plus earlier reports of phosphatocopids from the same section and horizon in western Hunan since 2005, are included in an updated phylogenetic analysis of the Phosphatocopida. Autapomorphies that define several monophyletic groups (e.g., the Crustacea sensu lato, Labrophora, Eucrustacea, Phosphatocopida, Euphosphatocopida, Vestrogothiina, Hesslandonina, and Dorsospinata) are discussed. The present analysis confirms results from earlier phylogenetic analyses in showing the Phosphatocopida-Eucrustacea sister-taxon relationship, but differs from them in supporting the paraphyly of the Hesslandonidae and the monophyly of the Vestrogothiidae.

scholarly journals The Souss lagerstätte of the Anti-Atlas, Morocco: discovery of the first Cambrian fossil lagerstätte from Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerd Geyer ◽  
Ed Landing
Keyword(s):  
South China ◽  
Lower Cambrian ◽  
Northern Slope ◽  
Sea Floor ◽  
Upper Cambrian ◽  
Exceptional Preservation ◽  
West Gondwana ◽  
Regional Correlation ◽  
Animal Remains ◽  
Stratigraphic Interval

AbstractEpisodic low oxygenated conditions on the sea-floor are likely responsible for exceptional preservation of animal remains in the upper Amouslek Formation (lower Cambrian, Stage 3) on the northern slope of the western Anti-Atlas, Morocco. This stratigraphic interval has yielded trilobite, brachiopod, and hyolith fossils with preserved soft parts, including some of the oldest known trilobite guts. The “Souss fossil lagerstätte” (newly proposed designation) represents the first Cambrian fossil lagerstätte in Cambrian strata known from Africa and is one of the oldest trilobite-bearing fossil lagerstätten on Earth. Inter-regional correlation of the Souss fossil lagerstätte in West Gondwana suggests its development during an interval of high eustatic levels recorded by dark shales that occur in informal upper Cambrian Series 2 in Siberia, South China, and East Gondwana.

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