The trilobite biostratigraphy for the Balang and "Tsinghsutung" formations

• Published in: Estudios Geológicos
• Main Authors: Zhao, Y., Peng, S., Yuan, J., Esteve, Yang, X., Wu, M., Chen, Z.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: CONSEJO SUPERIOR INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS-CSIC 2019
• Subjects: Trilobite biostratigraphy; Cambrian Series 2; Stage 4; Balang and "Tsinghsutung" formations; South China; Geology; Greenland; Henson; Henson Gletscher; North Greenland
• Online Access: http://ir.nigpas.ac.cn/handle/332004/29585; http://ir.nigpas.ac.cn/handle/332004/29586; https://doi.org/10.3989/egeol.43595.574

Ongoing work is carrying out in the Balang and "Tsinghsutung&quot formations to aim a suitable candidate for the base of the Cambrian Series 2 Stage 4. The revision of the trilobite systematics and zonation shed light about the stratigraphic distribution and the geographical distribution of the new trilobite-based zones in the Balang area (South China). Our results suggest that either Otyctocarella duyunensis or Arthricocephalus chauveaui could be good candidates since they also occur in the Eoaagnostus roddyi-Arthricocephalus chauveaui Zone of the Henson Gletscher Formation North Greenland.