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Early Devonian graptolites from Southwest Yunnan, China

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

Yuan-Dong Zhang
Affiliation:
Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Academia Sinica, Chi-Ming-Ssu, Nanjing 210008, China
Alfred C. Lenz
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada

Abstract

An early Devonian graptolite fauna is described from Lila and Huiku sections in Southwest Yunnan, China. Three graptolite biozones are recognized, which in ascending order are: Monograptus uniformis Biozone, M. hercynicus Biozone and M. falcarius Biozone. Six species are described in this paper: Monograptus uniformis Příbyl, M. aequabilis (Příbyl), M. microdon Richter, M. hercynicus Perner, M. falcarius Koren, and Abiesgraptus sp.

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