Furongian(upper Cambrian) Guole Konservat-Lagersttte from South China

• 作 者: ZHU Xuejian PENG Shanchi Samuel ZAMORA Bertrand LEFEBVRE CHEN Guiying
• 机 构: State Key Laboratory of'Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy,Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontolog
• 出 处: Acta Geologica Sinica(English Edition)
• 发表日期: 2016年01期
• 关键词: Cambrian Furongian upper Cambrian Ordovician preserved evolutionary filling faun

The Guole biota contains common shelly fossils and some exceptionally well-preserved softbodied fossils.Stratigraphically,it is located in the mudstones and siltstones of the Sandu Formation near Guole Town,Jingxi County,Guangxi,South China.It is the first Furongian(late Cambrian)Burgess Shale-type biota found in the world,thereby filling the gap between middle Cambrian and Lower Ordovician Burgess Shale-type Lagerstatten.Preliminary studies suggest that the Guole biota includes approximately seven metazoan groups as well as algae.These will provide important new evolutionary and ecological information.

The Guole biota contains common shelly fossils and some exceptionally well-preserved softbodied fossils. Stratigraphically, it is located in the mudstones and siltstones of the Sandu Formation near Guole Town, Jingxi County, Guangxi, South China. It is the first Furongian (late Cambrian ) Burgess Shale-type biota found in the world, thus filling the gap between middle Cambrian and Lower Ordovician Burgess Shale-type Lagerstatten. Preliminary studies suggest that the Guole biota includes approximately seven metazoan groups as well as algae. These will provide important new evolutionary and ecological information.