Hostname: page-component-848d4c4894-nr4z6 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-05-15T10:18:10.228Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

A new brachiopod fauna from the Early to Middle Permian of Southern Qinghai Province, northwest China

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Weihong He ,
G. R. Shi ,
Jianjun Bu  and
Zhijun Niu
Weihong He
Affiliation:
1Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, PR China,
G. R. Shi
Affiliation:
1Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, PR China,
Jianjun Bu
Affiliation:
1Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, PR China, 3Yichang Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, China Geological Survey, Yichang, 443003, PR China,
Zhijun Niu
Affiliation:
1Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, PR China, 3Yichang Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, China Geological Survey, Yichang, 443003, PR China,
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

A new brachiopod fauna is described from the Early and Middle Permian of Zadoi and Zhidoi counties, southern Qinghai (Changdu block), northwest China. This fauna includes 13 species in nine genera with Spinomarginifera concentrica n. sp. and Transennatia waterhousei n. sp. the Early to Middle Permian brachiopod fauna from southern Qinghai is very similar to the contemporary Cathaysian faunas of South China with which the new fauna shares 70 per cent of its species. On the other hand, the Qinghai brachiopods also demonstrate a significant link with the Permian brachiopod fauna of the Sino-Mongolian-Japanese Province in northeast China, as suggested by Marginifera septentrionalis and Attenuatella. in particular, the occurrence of the bipolar brachiopod genus Attenuatella suggests that southern Qinghai may have played an important role as a biogeographic stepping stone in the marine faunal interchanges between the northern and southern hemispheres during the Early and Middle Permian.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Paleontology , Volume 82 , Issue 4 , July 2008 , pp. 811 - 822
Copyright
Copyright © The Paleontological Society 

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Abich, O. W. H. 1878. Geologische Forschungen in den Kaukasischen Ländern. Theil 1. Eine Bergkaok fauna aus der Araxesenge bei Djoulfa in Armenien, 7:1–126.Google Scholar
Acharyya, S. K. 2005. The Himalaya and the Indian-Asian Plate interactions. Current Trends in Geology, 15:275–293.Google Scholar
Alvarez, F. and Rong, J. Y. 2002. Athyridida, p. 1475–1614. In Williams, A. et al. (eds.), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Pt. H., Brachiopoda (revised), 4, Rhynchonelliformea (part). The Geological Society of America and the University of Kansas, Lawrence.Google Scholar
Boucot, A. J., Johnson, J. G., and Staton, R. D. 1964. On some atrypoid, retzioid, and athyridoid Brachiopoda. Journal of Paleontology, 38:805–822.Google Scholar
Brunton, C. H. C., Lazarev, S. S., and Grant, R. E. 2000. Productida, p. 350–643. In Williams, A. et al. (eds.), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Pt. H., Brachiopoda (revised), 2. Linguliformea, Craniiforemea, and Rhynchonelliformea (part). The Geological Society of America and the University of Kansas, Lawrence.Google Scholar
Chao, Y. T. 1927. Productidae of China. Palaeontologia Sinica, Series B, 5:1–244.Google Scholar
Ching, Y. G. and Ye, S. L. 1979. Brachiopoda, p. 60–217, pls. 18-57. In Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Academia Sinica, and Institute of Geological Science, Province, Qinghai (eds.), Paleontological Atlas of Northwest China (Fascicle Qinghai) (1) (Cephalopoda, Brachiopoda, Lamellibranchiata). Geological Publishing House, Beijing. (In Chinese)Google Scholar
Cooper, G. A. 1957. Permian brachiopods from central Oregon. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 134:1–79.Google Scholar
Cooper, G. A. and Grant, R. E. 1969. New Permian Brachiopoda from West Texas. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology, 1:1–20.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Cooper, G. A. and Grant, R. E. 1976. Permian Brachiopods of West Texas, IV. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology, 21:1293–2607.Google Scholar
Dagys, A. S. 1972. Morfologiia Systematika Mezozoiskikh Retsiodnykh Brakhiopod [Morphology and systematics of the Mesozoic retzioid brachiopods], p. 94–105. In Morfologicheskie i Filogeneticheskie Voprosy Paleotologii. Volume 112. Akademiia Nauk SSSR, Sibirskoe Otdelenie, Institut Geologii I Geofiziki, Trudy. (In Russian)Google Scholar
Davidson, T. 1862. On some Carboniferous Brachiopoda collected in India by A. Fleming, M. D. and W. Purdon, Esq., F. G. S. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, 18:25–35.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Duméril, A. M. C. 1806. Zoologie analytique ou méthode naturelle de classification des animaux. Allais, Paris, 344 p.Google Scholar
Eichwald, E. von. 1860. Lethaea Rossica, ou Paléontologie de la Russie décrite et figure. Permian volume, Ancienne Periode. E. Schweizerbart, Stuttgart, 1635 p.Google Scholar
Feng, R. L. and Jiang, Z. R. 1978. Brachiopoda, p. 231–305, pls. 85-108. In Guizhou Working Group of Stratigraphy and Paleontology (ed.), Paleontological Atlas of south-west China. Guizhou volume (2). Geological Publishing House, Beijing. (In Chinese)Google Scholar
Frech, F. 1911. Das Obercarbon Chinas, die Dyas, p. 97–202. In von Richthofen, F. (ed.), China, 5:1-289, 31 pls.Google Scholar
Grabau, A. W. 1934. Early Permian fossils of China, Pt. I: Early Permian brachiopods, pelecypods, and gastropods of Kueichow. Palaeontologia Sinica, Series B, 8:1–168, 11 pls.Google Scholar
Grant, R. E. 1976. Permian Brachiopods from southern Thailand. The Paleontological Society Memoir 9 [supplement to Journal of Paleontology, 50(3)], 269 p.Google Scholar
Gray, J. E. 1840. Synopsis of the Contents of the British Museum Forty-second edition. British Museum, London, 370 p.Google Scholar
Grunt, T. A. 1986. Sistema brachiopod otriada atiridida [Classification of brachiopods of the order Athyridida]. Akademiia Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta. 215:1–200. (In Russian)Google Scholar
Gu, F. and Zhu, R. F. 1985. Lower Permian brachiopods from Lindong, Nei Mongol. Bulletin of Shenyang Institute of Geology and Resources, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, 12:74–96. (In Chinese)Google Scholar
Hall, J. and Clarke, J. M. 1893. An introduction to the study of the genera of Paleozoic brachiopoda. Paleontology of New York, 8:1–176.Google Scholar
He, W. H., Shi, G. R., Feng, Q. L., and Peng, Y. Q. 2007. Discovery of late Changhsingian (latest Permian) brachiopod Attenuatella species from South China. Alcheringa, 31:271–284.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Hill, D. 1950. The Productinae of the Artinskian Cracow fauna of Queensland. Papers of the University of Queensland, Department of Geology, 3:1–36.Google Scholar
Hu, C. M. 1983. New genera and species of Spiriferacean brachiopods in the Late Carboniferous to Early Permian from Duoma District, Rutog, Xizang (Tibet), China. Earth Science, Journal of Wuan College of Geology, 1:105–117. (In Chinese with English abstract)Google Scholar
Huang, J. Q., Chen, G. M., and Chen, B. W. 1984. Preliminary analysis of the Tethys-Himalayan tectonic domain. Acta Geological Sinica, 58:1–17. (In Chinese with English abstract)Google Scholar
Huang, T. K. 1932. Late Permian brachiopoda of southwestern China. Palaeontologia Sinica, Series B, 9:1–107, 9 pls.Google Scholar
Huang, T. K. 1933. Late Permian brachiopoda of southwestern China. Palaeontologia Sinica, Series B, 9:1–172, 11 pls.Google Scholar
Jin, Y. G. and Sun, D. L. 1981. Palaeozoic brachiopods from Xizang, p. 127–176, pls. 1-12. In Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology (ed.), Palaeontology of Xizang, Book 3 (The series of the Scientific Expedition to the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau). Science Press, Beijing. (In Chinese with English abstract)Google Scholar
Jin, Y. G., Liao, Z. T., and Fang, B. X. 1974. Brachiopoda (Permian), p. 308–314, pls. 162-165. In Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology (ed.), A Handbook of the Stratigraphy and Palaeontology in Southwest China. Science Press, Beijing. (In Chinese)Google Scholar
Kayser, E. 1883. Obercarbonische Fauna von Lo-ping, p. 160–208, pls. 19-29. In Von Richthofen, F. (ed.), China, 4:1–288, 54 pls.Google Scholar
Li, L. and Gu, F. 1976. Brachiopoda, p. 228–306. pls. 85-148. In Inner Mongolia Bureau of Geology, and Northeast Institute of Geological Science (eds.), Palaeontological Atlas of North-east China. Inner Mongolia. Volume 1. Geological Publishing House, Beijing. (In Chinese)Google Scholar
Liao, Z. T. and Meng, F. Y. 1986. Late Changhsingian brachiopods from Huatang of Chen Xian County, southern Hunan. Memoir of Nanjing Institution of Geology and Palaeontology, Academia Sinica, 22:71–94. (In Chinese with English summary)Google Scholar
Liao, Z. T. 1980. Upper Permian Brachiopods from western Guizhou, p. 241–277. In Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology (ed.), Stratigraphy and Palaeontology of Upper Permian Coal-Bearing Formations in western Guizhou and eastern Yunnan, China. Science Press, Beijing. (In Chinese with English summary)Google Scholar
Liao, Z. T. 1987. Paleoecological characters and stratigraphic significance of silified brachiopods of the Upper Permian from Heshan, Laibin, Guangxi, p. 81–125. In Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology (ed.), Stratigraphy and Palaeontology of Systemic Boundares in China Perman and Triassic Boundary. Volume 1. Nanjing University Press, Nanjing. (In Chinese with English summary)Google Scholar
Liao, Z. T. and Xu, J. T. 2002. Late Permian brachiopods from the lower part of the Wuli Group, southwestern Qinghai and the geographic distribution of Waagenites. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica, 41:130–136. (In Chinese with English abstract)Google Scholar
Liu, F. 1991. Upper Carboniferous and Lower Permian brachiopods from Shenzha County, Xizang (Tibet). Journal of Changchun University of Earth Science, 21:251–258.Google Scholar
Muir-Wood, H. M. and Cooper, G. A. 1960. Morphology, classification and life habits of the Productoidea (Brachiopoda). Geological Society of America, 81:1–447.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Nakamura, K., Shimizu, D., and Golshani, F. 1981. On the occurrence of Tyloplecta in the Permian of the Abadeh region, central Iran. Geological Survey of Iran Report, 49:39–53.Google Scholar
Niu, Z. J., Ma, L. T., and Zeng, B. F. 2003. Late Permian brachiopod faunas from Wuli Group of Geladandong Mountain Area in the Source Region of the Yangtze River. Acta Geoscientia Sinica, 24:343–348. (In Chinese with English abstract)Google Scholar
Niu, Z. J., Duan, Q. F., Wang, J. X., Bai, Y. S., Tu, B., and Bu, J. J. 2006a. Discovery of the upper part of the Permian Yanghsinian Series and establishment of the Garizaren and Suojia formations in the Zhidoi-Zadoi area, southern Qinghai, China. Geological Bulletin of China, 25:176–182. (In Chinese with English abstract)Google Scholar
Niu, Z. J., Duan, Q. F., Wang, J. X., Bai, Y. S., Zeng, B. F., Tu, B., and Bu, J. J. 2006b. On the Gadikao Formation in Zhidoi and Zadoi areas, southern Qinghai. Journal of Stratigraphy, 30:109–115. (In Chinese with English abstract)Google Scholar
Pan, G. T., Chen, Z. L., Li, X. Z., Yan, Y. G., Xu, X. S., Xu, Q., Jiang, X. S., Wu, Y. L., Luo, J. N., Zhu, T. X., and Peng, Y. M. 1997. Geological-Tectonic Evolution in the Eastern Tethys. Geological Publishing House, Beijing, 218 p. (In Chinese with English abstract)Google Scholar
Reed, F. R. C. 1944. Brachiopoda and Mollusca from the Productus limestones of the Salt Range. Memoirs of Geological Survey of India, Palaeontologia Indica, 23:1–678.Google Scholar
Sarytcheva, T. G., Licharew, B. K., and Sokolskaya, A. N. 1960. Otriad Productida, p. 221–238. In Sarytcheva, T. G. (ed.), Mshanki, Brakhiopody [Bryozoa, Brachiopoda], Osnovy Paleontologii, 7, Akademiia Nauk SSSR, Moscow. (In Russian)Google Scholar
Sarytcheva, T. G. and Sokolskaya, A. N. 1959. O Klassificatsin lozhnoporistykh brachiopod. Akademiia Nauk SSSR, Doklady (Moscow), 125:181–184. (In Russian)Google Scholar
Schellwien, E. T. T. 1900. Beitrage zur systematik der Strophomeniden des oberen Palaozoicum. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Palaeontologie, 1:1–15.Google Scholar
Schuchert, C. and Cooper, G. A. 1932. Brachiopod genera of the suborders Orthoidea and Pentameroidea. Memoirs of the Peabody Musuem of Natural History, 4:1–270.Google Scholar
Schuchert, C. and Levene, C. M. 1929. Brachiopoda. Fossilium Catalogus I: Animalia, Pt. 42, W. Junk, Berlin, 140 p.Google Scholar
Shen, S. Z., Archbold, N. W., and Shi, G. R. 2001a. A Lopingian (Late Permian) brachiopod fauna from the Qubuerga Formation at Shengmi in the Mount Qomolangma region of southern Xizang (Tibet), China. Journal of Paleontology, 75:274–283.2.0.CO;2>CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Shen, S. Z., Archbold, N. W., Shi, G. R., and Chen, Z. Q. 2001b. Permian brachiopods from the Selong Xishan section, Xizang (Tibet), China. Pt. 2, Palaeobiogeographical and palaeoecological implications, Spiriferida, Athyridida and Terebratulida. Geobios, 34:157–182.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Shen, S. Z., Cao, C. Q., Shi, G. R., Wang, X. D., and Mei, S. L. 2003a. Lopingian (Late Permian) stratigraphy, sedimentation and palaeobiogeography in southern Tibet. Newsletter on Stratigraphy, 39:157–179.Google Scholar
Shen, S. Z., Shi, G. R., and Archbold, N. W. 2003b. A Wuchiapingian (Late Permian) brachiopod fauna from an exotic block in the Indus-Tsangpo Suture Zone, Southern Tibet, and its palaeobiogeographical and tectonic implications. Palaeontology, 46:225–256.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Shen, S. Z., Sun, D. L., and Shi, G. R. 2003c. A biogeographically mixed late Guadalupian (late Middle Permian) brachiopod fauna from an exotic limestone block at Xiukang in Lhaze county, Tibet. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 21:1125–1137.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Shi, G. R. 2006. The marine Permian of East and Northeast Asia: an overview of biostratigraphy, palaeobiogeography and palaeogeographical implications. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 26:175–206.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Shi, G. R. and Shen, S. Z. 1998. A Changhsingian (Late Permian) brachiopod fauna from Son La, northwest Vietnam. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 16:501–511.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Shi, G. R., Shen, S. Z., and Zhan, L. P. 2003. A Guadalupian-Lopingian (Middle to Late Permian) brachiopod fauna from the Juripu Formation in the Yarlung-Zangbo Suture Zone, southern Tibet, China. Journal of Paleontology, 77:1053–1068.2.0.CO;2>CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Shi, G. R., Archbold, N. W., and Zhan, L. P. 1995. Distribution and characteristics of mixed (transitional) mid-Permian (Late Artinskian-Ufimian) marine faunas in Asia and their palaeogeographical implications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 114:241–271.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Sone, M., Melcalfe, I., and Leman, M. S. 2003. Palaeobiogeographic implications of Middle Permian brachiopods from Johore (Peninsular Malaysia). Geological Magazine, 140:523–538.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Stehli, F. G. 1954. Lower Leonardian brachiopoda of the Sierra Diablo. Bulletin of the American Museum of National History, 105:257–358.Google Scholar
Tan, Z. X. 1986. Early Carboniferous brachiopods from the Liujiatang Formation of central Hunan. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica, 25:426–444. (In Chinese with English abstract)Google Scholar
Tazawa, J. 1987. Attenuatella (brachiopoda) from the Upper Permian of northeastern Japan and its bipolar distribution. Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, 148:276–284.Google Scholar
Termier, H. and Termier, G. 1970. Les Productoides du Djoulfien (Permian supérieur) dans la Téthys orientale: essai sur l'agonie d'un phylum. Société Géologique du Nord, Annales, 90:443–461.Google Scholar
Ting, P. C. 1965. The Permian and Triassic brachiopods from Yangkang Valley, Tienchung District, Tsinghai Province. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica, 13:260–290. (In Chinese with English abstract)Google Scholar
Ting, Y. J., Xia, G. Y., Duan, C. H., Li, W. G., Liu, X. L., and Liang, Z. F. 1985. Study on the Early Permian stratigraphy and fauna in Zhesi District, Nei Mongol Zizhiqu (Inner Mongolia). Bulletin of Tianjing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, 10:1–244. (In Chinese with English summary)Google Scholar
Tong, Z. X. 1978. Brachiopoda, Carboniferous-Permian, p. 210–267, pls. 77-92. In Geological Institute of South-west China (ed.), Paleontological Atlas of Southwesterm China. Sichuan. Volume 2. Geological Publishing House, Beijing. (In Chinese)Google Scholar
Tschernyschew, T. N. 1902. Verkhnekamennougol'nye brakhiopody Urala i Timana [Upper Carboniferous brachiopods of the Urals and the Timann]. Trudy Geologicheskogo Komiteta, 16:1–749. (In Russian)Google Scholar
Waagen, W. 1882-85. Salt Range Fossils I. Productus Limestone Fossils. Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13, 4:329–728.Google Scholar
Wang, Y. 1955. New genera of brachiopods. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica, 3:83–114. (In Chinese)Google Scholar
Wang, Y., Jin, Y. G., and Fang, D. W. 1964. Brachiopod Fossils of China. Scientific Press, Beijing, 776 p. 136 pls. (In Chinese)Google Scholar
Wang, Y. 1956. New species of brachiopods (II). Acta Palaeontologica Sinica, 4:387–407. (In Chinese)Google Scholar
Waterhouse, J. B. 1970. Permian brachiopod Regimarginifera n. gen. n. sp. from the Byro Group of Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. Journal of Royal Society of Western Australia, 53:120–128.Google Scholar
Waterhouse, J. B. 1975. New Permian and Triassic brachiopod taxa. Papers of the University of Queensland, Department of Geology, 7:1–23.Google Scholar
Waterhouse, J. B. 1983. A Late Permian lyttoniid fauna from northwest Thailand. Papers of the University of Queensland, Department of Geology, 10:111–153.Google Scholar
Williams, A. and Harper, D. A. T. 2000. Orthida, p. 714–846. In Williams, A. et al. (eds.), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Pt. H., Brachiopoda (revised), 3. Linguliformea, Craniiforemea, and Rhynchonelliformea (part). The Geological Society of America and the University of Kansas, Lawrence.Google Scholar
Williams, A., Brunton, C. H. C., and Wright, A. D. 2000. Orthotetida, p. 644–689. In Williams, A. et al. (eds.), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Pt. H., Brachiopoda (revised), 3. Linguliformea, Craniiforemea, and Rhynchonelliformea (part). The Geological Society of America and the University of Kansas, Lawrence.Google Scholar
Williams, A., Carlson, S. J., Brunton, C. H. C., Holmer, L. E., and Popov, L. E. 1996. A supra-ordinal classification of the Brachiopoda. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 351:1171–1193.Google Scholar
Xu, G. R. and Grant, R. E. 1994. Brachiopods near the Permian-Triassic boundary in south China. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 76:1–68.Google Scholar
Yang, D. L., Ni, S. Z., Chang, M. L., and Zhao, Y. X. 1977. Brachiopoda, p. 306–470, pls. 129-188. In Hubei Institution of Geology and Science et al. (eds.), Paleontological Atlas of Central-South China. Volume 2. Geological Publishing House, Beijing. (In Chinese)Google Scholar
Yang, Z. Y., Yin, H. F., Wu, S. B., Yang, F. Q., Ding, M. H., and Xu, G. R. 1987. Permian-Triassic boundary stratigraphy and fauna of South China. Geological Publishing House, Beijing, 373 p. (In Chinese with English summary)Google Scholar
Yin, H. F. 1988. Paleobiogeography of China. China University of Geosciences Press, Wuhan. 329 p. (In Chinese with English summary)Google Scholar
Zeng, Y., He, X. L., and Zhu, M. L. 1995. Permian brachiopods and community succession in the Huayin Mountains, Sichuan. China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, 166 p. (In Chinese with English abstract)Google Scholar
Zhan, L. P. 1979. Brachiopods, p. 61–100. In Hou, H. F., Zhan, L. P., and Chen, B. W. (eds.), The Coal-Bearing Strata and Fossils of Late Permian from Guangdong. Geological Publishing House, Beijing. (In Chinese with English summary)Google Scholar
Zhan, L. P. 1989. Description of new genus and species, 4. Brachiopoda, pls. 25-28. In Li, Z. S. et al. (eds.), Study on the Permian-Triassic Biostratigraphy and Event Stratigraphy of Northern Sichuan and Southern Shaanxi. Geological Publishing House, Beijing. (In Chinese with English abstract)Google Scholar
Zhan, L. P. and Li, L. 1962. Early Permian brachiopods from the Maokau Formation in the eastern part of the Qinling. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica, 10:472–493. (In Chinese with Russian abstract)Google Scholar
Zhang, Y. and Ching, Y. G. 1961. An Upper Permian brachiopoda fauna from Jingxian, Anhui Province. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica, 9:401–417. (In Chinese with English abstract)Google Scholar
Zhao, Y. X. and Tan, Z. X. 1984. Lower Permian brachiopods from Sangzhi, Hunan. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica, 23:20–31. (In Chinese with English abstract)Google Scholar