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The earliest species of Burlingia Walcott, 1908 (Trilobita) from South China: biostratigraphical and palaeogeographical significance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2014

JIN-LIANG YUAN  and
JORGE ESTEVE
JIN-LIANG YUAN
Affiliation:
Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China
JORGE ESTEVE*
Affiliation:
Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China Centre of Biology, Geosciences and Environment, University of West Bohemia, Klatovska, 51. 306 14. Pilsen, Czech Republic
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†Author for correspondence: jorgeves@unizar.es
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Abstract

Burlingia balangensis sp. nov. from the lower Cambrian of South China represents the earliest species of this genus, and suggests that the genus may have originated in South China. A revision of the genus shows that B. primitiva and B. obscura can be used in order to indentify the base of the Cambrian Stage 5 when other trilobites are absent because their last appearance datum (LAD) coincides with the first appearance datum (FAD) of Oryctocephalus indicus. Available palaeogeographic and palaeoclimatic models suggest five major palaeocurrents during Cambrian times which could control the migration patterns of the Burlingia clade from South China to Baltica.

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PalaeozoicGondwanaGuizhou Provincepalaeogeographybiostratigraphy
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Geological Magazine , Volume 152 , Issue 2 , March 2015 , pp. 358 - 366
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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