The latest encrinurid trilobites from the Lower Devonian of Xinjiang, Northwest China
发布时间：2025-03-18
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- 2.49
- DOI码：
- 10.1017/S0016756823000596
- 发表刊物：
- Geological Magazine
- 关键字：
- conodonts; Encrinurinae; Lochkovian; Silurian–Devonian boundary; western Junggar
- 摘要：
- Encrinurids are common in Ordovician and Silurian strata but whether they survived into the Early Devonian is still controversial. This paper documents the encrinurid Batocara sp. near the Silurian–Devonian boundary in western Junggar, Xinjiang. The highest horizon of Batocara sp. is located above the first appearance datum of the Devonian conodont Caudicriodus, confirming that encrinurids may cross the Silurian–Devonian boundary. The presence of Caudicriodus angustoides bidentatus, Zieglerodina planilingu and plate-type loboliths of scyphocrinoids above the highest horizon of Batocara sp. indicates that encrinurids here extend only into the lower part of the first conodont zone of the Lochkovian (i.e., Caudicriodus hesperius Biozone). Encrinurids are widely distributed and easily recognized, and unlike graptolites and conodonts are not controlled by lithofacies. Therefore, it might be possible to use the highest horizon of encrinurids as indicator fossils to identify the approximate position of the Silurian–Devonian boundary in areas or sections where graptolites and conodonts are not present, and at least in northwest China.
- 合写作者：
- Yilong Liu,Xiaoqi Du,Shibo Liu
- 第一作者：
- Juan Ma,Jiayi Yin
- 论文类型：
- 期刊论文
- 通讯作者：
- Ruiwen Zong
- 学科门类：
- 理学
- 卷号：
- 160
- 页面范围：
- 1578-1585
- 发表时间：
- 2023-10-01
- 收录刊物：
- SCI