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A new post-LOME (Late Ordovician Mass Extinction) recovery brachiopod fauna from South China

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2024

Bing Huang Open the ORCID record for Bing Huang [Opens in a new window] ,
Yves Candela ,
Kaiyan Shi  and
Jiayu Rong
Bing Huang*
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008, China
Yves Candela
Affiliation:
Department of Natural Sciences, National Museums Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1JF, Scotland, UK
Kaiyan Shi
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008, China China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Jiayu Rong
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008, China
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Abstract

Following the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction event, brachiopod faunas were in a phase of recovery during the late Rhuddanian (early Silurian), documented by a drastic turnover of Ordovician-type to Silurian-type faunas. In this study, we present a recovery brachiopod fauna, from the Niuchang Formation (late Rhuddanian-based graptolite zonation) at the Wanzi section of Zhenxiong in northeastern Yunnan Province, South China. The fossils include 26 species assigned to 25 genera, with a dominance of strophomenides and orthides, but also a diverse suite of atrypides and pentamerides, which exhibit compositional differences compared to the earlier Edgewood–Cathay fauna. The emergence of a more typical Silurian brachiopod fauna suggests a delayed community turnover after the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction event. The shallowing marine environment trend evinced in the brachiopod assemblages in the section indicates a balance between the global transgression and the regional Qianzhong Uplift, which provided a stable environment for the brachiopod recovery. The presence of diverse pentamerides, including the earliest species of the large-shelled genus Sinostricklandiella, suggests early diversification of this clade in South China.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 98 , Issue 3 , May 2024 , pp. 366 - 377
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