Cambrian correlation within the Perigondwana Faunal Realm

Stratigraphic positions of Redlichioidea trilobites found in the Lower Cambrian of Morocco, Spain, South France, Sardinia, Jordan, Doberlug and Gorlitz (both in Germany), and those from Central Asia, Himalayan region, Australia and Antarctica are correlated with that of the Chinese biostratigraphic...

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Published in:Spanish Journal of Palaeontology
Main Author: Chang, Wen T.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedad Española de Paleontología (SEP) 2022
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Online Access:https://ojs.uv.es/index.php/sjpalaeontology/article/view/23976
https://doi.org/10.7203/sjp.23976
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Summary:Stratigraphic positions of Redlichioidea trilobites found in the Lower Cambrian of Morocco, Spain, South France, Sardinia, Jordan, Doberlug and Gorlitz (both in Germany), and those from Central Asia, Himalayan region, Australia and Antarctica are correlated with that of the Chinese biostratigraphic scheme. During the Middle Cambrian, biostratigraphic correlation between the Mediterranean region (including Morocco and Central Europe) and China is very difficult because of the complete absence of Paradoxides-fauna in China. Based on shallow-shelf and open-shelf trilobite faunas, the Middle and Upper Cambrian biostratigraphy of the Near East, Central, South and Southeast Asia, Australia and Antarctica are correlated with that of both China's shallow-shelf and open-shelf biostratigraphic schemes. Late Cambrian trilobite faunas of eastern Asiatic affinities also occur in Morocco, Spain, South France and Turkey. So far, there is no trilobite fauna of the Late Cambrian Fengshanian Stage found in Europe.