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Early Permian fusulinids from the Baoshan Block, western Yunnan, China and their paleobiogeographic significance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Shi Yukun ,
Huang Hao ,
Jin Xiaochi  and
Yang Xiangning
Shi Yukun
Affiliation:
1Department of Earth Sciences, Nanjing University, 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210093, China, 3State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210008, China
Huang Hao
Affiliation:
2Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, 26 Baiwanzhuang Road, Beijing 100037, China
Jin Xiaochi
Affiliation:
2Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, 26 Baiwanzhuang Road, Beijing 100037, China
Yang Xiangning
Affiliation:
1Department of Earth Sciences, Nanjing University, 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210093, China,
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Abstract

Early Permian fusulinids from both northern and southern parts of the Baoshan Block (western Yunnan, Southwest China) are illustrated and compared with coeval fusulinid faunas from other northern peri-Gondwana areas to disclose paleogeographic information. Systematic study of collected fusulinid materials and examination of published data from the Dingjiazhai area, northern Baoshan Block, show that fusulinids there include Eoparafusulina pseudosimplex and Pseudofusulina macilenta. Fusulinids from the Aluotian Section, southern Baoshan Block, consist of P. minitumidiscula n. sp., P. macilenta, P. tumidiscula, E. pseudo simplex, E. aff. E. laudoni, and E. sp. Early Permian fusulinids from both northern and southern Baoshan Blocks are dominated by Pseudofusulina and Eoparafusulina species and they are similar to those from Central Pamir, South Afghanistan, East-Central Iran, Central Oman, East Hindu Kush and northern Karakorum, revealing a Sakmarian to Artinskian age. Moreover, detailed comparison shows that the Early Permian fusulinid assemblage from the Baoshan Block is more similar to those from East-Central Iran, Central Pamir and South Afghanistan. This implies that the Baoshan Block may have been near those areas during the Early Permian.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 85 , Issue 3 , May 2011 , pp. 489 - 501
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