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Issue: Vol. 1 No. 1: March 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-03-28
DOI: 10.11646/mesozoic.1.1.5
Page range: 58-69
Abstract views: 92
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Clam shrimp assemblage from Daohugou: A link correlating northern Hebei and western Liaoning

Institute of Palaeontology; Yunnan Key Laboratory of Earth System Science; Yunnan Key Laboratory for Palaeobiology; MEC International Joint Laboratory for Palaeobiology and Palaeoenvironment; Yunnan University; Kunming 650500; China; State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy; Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment; Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Nanjing 210008; China
State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy; Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment; Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Nanjing 210008; China
Institute of Palaeontology; Yunnan Key Laboratory of Earth System Science; Yunnan Key Laboratory for Palaeobiology; MEC International Joint Laboratory for Palaeobiology and Palaeoenvironment; Yunnan University; Kunming 650500; China
State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy; Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment; Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Nanjing 210008; China
clam shrimp Jurassic Triglypta haifanggouensis Triglypta pingquanensis Yanliao biota

Abstract

The clam shrimp species, Triglypta pingquanensis Wang, 1984, is reported in the Middle Jurassic Daohugou beds from two localities in Inner Mongolia. The species is predominant in the Middle Jurassic Longmen Formation in Yingzi Village, Pingquan City, northern Hebei. This discovery significantly strengthens the correlation between the Haifanggou and Longmen formations. The clam shrimp of the Haifanggou and Longmen formations are dominated by T. haifanggouensis Chen, 1976 and T. pingquanensis, respectively. The clam shrimp assemblage from the Daohugou beds serves as a crucial link for correlating the Middle Jurassic in northern Hebei and western Liaoning, and it represents the early assemblage of the Yanliao biota. Moreover, a new species, T. hebeiensis Liao & Huang sp. nov., is described in the uppermost layer of the Longmen Formation in this study.

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