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Early–Middle Cambrian Palynomorph microfossils and related geochemical events in South China

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The earliest Cambrian acritarch ‘Asteridium–Heliosphaeridium–Comasphaeridium’ assemblage and the Early Cambrian (‘Chiungchussuan’) acritarch ‘Skiagia ornate–Fimbriaglomerella membranacea’ assemblage in South China can be correlated with assemblages from synchronous strata elsewhere in the world. Recent geochemical study and biomarker evidence further confirm a biostratigraphic change between Cambrian Series 2 and Series 3 and support the recognition of a major geological and biotic event during this time interval.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing, 210008, China

    Leiming Yin & Zhiji Ou

  2. State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting, China University of Petroleum, Beijing, 102249, China

    Chunjiang Wang

  3. College of Resource and Environment of Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550003, China

    Yuanlong Zhao

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Yin, L., Wang, C., Zhao, Y. et al. Early–Middle Cambrian Palynomorph microfossils and related geochemical events in South China. J. Earth Sci. 27, 180–186 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12583-016-0689-1

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