Early Sandbian (Late Ordovician) conodonts from the Yenwashan Formation, western Zhejiang, South China

Zhen, Y.Y., Zhang, Y.D. Percival, I.G., June, 2009. Early Sandbian (Late Ordovician) conodonts from the Yenwashan Formation, western Zhejiang, South China. Alcheringa 33, 133-161. ISSN 0311-5518. Conodonts are documented from the basal Yenwashan Formation at the Huangnitang Section (the GSSP section...

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Published in:Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology
Main Authors: Zhen, Yong Yi, Zhang, Yuandong (张元动), Percival, Ian G.
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD 2009
Subjects:
Conodonts
Late Ordovician
Sandbian
Yenwashan Formation
South China
Formation Middle Ordovician
Global Boundary Stratotype
North-central Newfoundland
Faunas
Wales
Sweden
System
Scania
Paleontology
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://ir.nigpas.ac.cn/handle/332004/200
https://doi.org/10.1080/03115510902844160
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Summary:Zhen, Y.Y., Zhang, Y.D. Percival, I.G., June, 2009. Early Sandbian (Late Ordovician) conodonts from the Yenwashan Formation, western Zhejiang, South China. Alcheringa 33, 133-161. ISSN 0311-5518. Conodonts are documented from the basal Yenwashan Formation at the Huangnitang Section (the GSSP section for the base of the Darriwilian), exposed near Changshan County town in western Zhejiang. The fauna consisting of 14 species is dominated by Pygodus anserinus, Periodon aculeatus, Protopanderodus cooperi, Costiconus ethingtoni and Dapsilodus viruensis. Both P. anserinus and P. cooperi are revised as having a septimembrate apparatus. The Pa element of P. anserinus has a morphology that varies from the primitive form with node-like denticles of the fourth row only developed on the distal part of the platform, to the advanced form with a well-developed fourth row of denticles. Association of these two morphotypes of P. anserinus, and the absence of P. serra and P. xinjiangensis in the basal Yenwashan Formation, suggests correlation of this level with the upper part of the P. anserinus Biozone (earliest Late Ordovician). This age determination agrees with the FAD of Nemagraptus gracilis immediately below in black shales intercalated with thinly bedded limestones at the very top of the underlying Hulo Formation, and provides new data for correlation with the graptolite biozone.

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