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The Early Devonian atrypoid brachiopod Tibetatrypa n. gen. from Xizang (Tibet, China)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2016

Paul Copper
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Laurentian University, Sudbury P3E 2C6, Canada
Hou Hong-Fei
Affiliation:
Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Science, Baiwanzhuang Rd., Beijing, China

Abstract

Early Devonian (Pragian-Emsian) rocks in the Xainza region of central Xizang (Tibet) yield a shallow-marine, carbonate-platform fauna of corals, brachiopods, dacryoconarids, nautiloids and conodonts, among which Tibetatrypa n. gen. is locally a prominent constituent. The fauna broadly resembles that of western Europe, the Altai-Sayan region, the Urals and western Qinlin province of China, but differs from the South China faunas. Tibetatrypa, related to the Silurian genus Nalivkinia, is the youngest and largest member of the subfamily Clintonellinae, and is the first Devonian brachiopod described from Tibet.

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Research Article
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