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First record of Early Jurassic Lupherella fauna (Bivalvia) in eastern Guangdong, southeast China

Jiarun Yin

Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology
Nanjing 210008, P. R. China

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China University of Geosciences
Beijing 100083, P. R. China
email: yjr@cugb.edu.cn

Huazhou Yao

Yi-chang Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources
Yi Chang 443000, Hubei Province, P. R. China

Jingeng Sha

Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology
Nanjing 210008, P. R. China

Abstract  Lupherella, previously thought endemic to the eastern Pacific, is now reported from eastern Guangdong, China. Associated ammonites prove a late Sinemurian to late Pliensbachian age for the bivalve assemblage consisting of Lupherella huidongensis, Lupherella cf. boechiformis, Otapiria cf. marshalli, Camptonectes (Hunanonectes) sp., and others. Appearance of Lupherella and Otapiria cf. marshalli in south China indicates trans-Pacific faunal dispersal during Early Jurassic times.

Keywords  Lower Jurassic; bivalves; ammonites; Guangdong; China; biostratigraphy; biogeography; Lupherella; Otapiria

G03016; Received 27 June 2003; accepted 4 December 2003; Online publication date 20 May 2004
New Zealand Journal of Geology & Geophysics, 2004, Vol. 47: 321–326
0028–8306/04/4702–0321 © The Royal Society of New Zealand 2004

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