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GONDWANA RESEARCH
卷 14, 期 1-2, 页码 255-262出版社
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DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2007.06.008
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Burgess Shale-type Lagerstatten; South China; Gondwana; Cambrian; Cambrian explosion
The final assembly of the supercontinent Gondwana during the Pan-African orogenic episodes (ca. 550-520 Ma) almost simultaneously took place with the Cambrian explosion that is best manifested by a number of Cambrian Burgess Shale-type Lagerstatten in South China. The relationship between South China and Gondwana during the Cambrian is far from consensus. Burgess Shale-type Lagerstatten may have potential importance for the paleogeographic reconstruction. However, such Lagerstatten have been known in large number only in Laurentia and South China, far less common in Gondwana and other continents. Burgess Shale-type Lagerstatten in South China are not evenly spaced through the Cambrian. They appear to be concentrated in the Lower Cambrian, particularly in the Canglangpuian and Qiongzhusian stages, much reduced in number from the uppermost Lower Cambrian. Of ten reported such Lagerstatten, only the Kaili biota (basal Middle Cambrian) is known to be younger than Early Cambrian. This reduction could be explained by the fact that vast areas of siliciclastic facies in both the western plate interior (platform) and the eastern slope basin during most time of Early Cambrian (Meishucunian to Canglangpuian) is evolved into carbonate facies at the very end of Early Cambrian (Longwangmiaoian). It has been known from this study that both siliciclastic platform facies and slope basin facies (shale basin) could preserve soft-bodied fossils. Cambrian Burgess Shale-type Lagerstatten in South China are of great significance for providing a sequences of exceptionally preserved biota in a chronological succession. Comparison of such Lagerstatten in a chronological framework may give us more details on the Cambrian explosion events. (C) 2007 International Association for Gondwana Research. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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