Early carboniferous athyridid brachiopods from the Qaidam Basin, Northwest China

From: Journal of Paleontology | Date: September 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

ABSTRACT-Four new Early Carboniferous athyridid species in three genera, including one new genus, Bruntonathyris, are described from the Qaidam Basin, northwest China: Lamellosathyris qaidamensis, Bruntonathyris amunikeensis, Bruntonathyris? heijianshanensis, and Lochengia qinghaiensis. Based on the new material and also on published information, we also reviewed the taxonomic composition and the stratigraphic and paleogeographic distributions of the three genera. As a result, Lamellosathyris is considered to be indicative of late Famennian to Visean age, originating in late Famennian in ...

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