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End-Permian conodont fauna from Dongpan section: Correlation between the deep-and shallow-water facies

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This paper systematically investigated the conodonts from the uppermost Permian to the Lower Triassic at the Dongpan Section, Southern Guangxi, South China, and obtained abundant Late Permian conodonts from the syndepositional limestone lenses of beds 3 and 5-2 at this section. One genus and eight species of conodont P1 element including one new species, Neogondolella dongpanensis sp. nov., have been identified. The feature of conodont fauna indicates that conodonts collected from beds 3 and 5 at the Dongpan Section belong to the Neogondolella yini conodont zone, and correspond to bed 24 at the Meishan Section. Based on these conodont data, we suggest that the Neoalbaillella optima radiolarian zone at the Dongpan Section at least extended to the upper part of the N. yini conodont zone.

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    GenMing Luo, XuLong Lai, QingLai Feng, HaiShui Jiang, KeXin Zhang & Jun Wu

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    GenMing Luo, XuLong Lai, HaiShui Jiang, YaDong Sun & Jun Wu

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    QingLai Feng & KeXin Zhang

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Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 40621002 and 40232025), the MOE Innovative Research Team Program (Grant No. IRT0546), the “111” Project (Grant No. B08030) and the China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Grant No. G0800-06-ZS-319)

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Luo, G., Lai, X., Feng, Q. et al. End-Permian conodont fauna from Dongpan section: Correlation between the deep-and shallow-water facies. Sci. China Ser. D-Earth Sci. 51, 1611–1622 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-008-0125-1

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