Permian–Triassic Conodonts from Dajiang (Guizhou, South China) and Their Implication for the Age of Microbialite Deposition in the Aftermath of the End-Permian Mass Extinction

Haishui Jiang; Xulong Lai; Yadong Sun; Paul B. Wignall; Jianbo Liu; Chunbo Yan

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Haishui Jiang, Xulong Lai, Yadong Sun, Paul B. Wignall, Jianbo Liu, Chunbo Yan. Permian–Triassic Conodonts from Dajiang (Guizhou, South China) and Their Implication for the Age of Microbialite Deposition in the Aftermath of the End-Permian Mass Extinction. Journal of Earth Science, 2014, 25(3): 413-430. doi: 10.1007/s12583-014-0444-4

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Haishui Jiang, Xulong Lai, Yadong Sun, Paul B. Wignall, Jianbo Liu, Chunbo Yan. Permian–Triassic Conodonts from Dajiang (Guizhou, South China) and Their Implication for the Age of Microbialite Deposition in the Aftermath of the End-Permian Mass Extinction. Journal of Earth Science, 2014, 25(3): 413-430. doi: 10.1007/s12583-014-0444-4

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Haishui Jiang, Xulong Lai, Yadong Sun, Paul B. Wignall, Jianbo Liu, Chunbo Yan. Permian–Triassic Conodonts from Dajiang (Guizhou, South China) and Their Implication for the Age of Microbialite Deposition in the Aftermath of the End-Permian Mass Extinction. Journal of Earth Science, 2014, 25(3): 413-430. doi: 10.1007/s12583-014-0444-4

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Permian–Triassic Conodonts from Dajiang (Guizhou, South China) and Their Implication for the Age of Microbialite Deposition in the Aftermath of the End-Permian Mass Extinction

doi: 10.1007/s12583-014-0444-4

Haishui Jiang^{1, 2
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Xulong Lai^{1, 2},
Yadong Sun²,
Paul B. Wignall³,
Jianbo Liu⁴,
Chunbo Yan^{1, 2}

1.
State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
2.
Faculty of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
3.
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
4.
School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

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Corresponding author: Haishui Jiang, jiangliuis@163.com
Received Date: 29 Apr 2013
Accepted Date: 28 Aug 2013
Publish Date: 01 Jun 2014

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The widespread microbialites deposition that followed the End-Permian mass extinction in the Tethyan realm have been intensively studied because of the evidence they provide on the nature of this crisis and its aftermath. However, the age of the microbialite event remains controversial. New conodont collection across the Permian-Triassic (P-T) transition from Dajiang (Guizhou Province, South China) in this study enable us to discriminate four conodont zones, in ascending order, they are: Hindeodus parvus zone, Isarcicella lobata zone, Isarcicella isarcica zone and Hindeodus sosioensis zone. The age of microbialite in the P-T transition at the Dajiang Section is considered to be within the Hindeodus parvus zone and thus to clearly post-date the main extinction crisis. Reviewing the age of onset of microbialites throughout the Tethyan regions reveals two different ages: a Hindeodus changxingensis zone age is dominant in south-western and westernmost Tethys, whilst most other regions show microbialite deposition began in the Hindeodus parvus zone. Our investigation also indicates that two conodont changes occur at this time: an increase of hindeodid species immediately following a sequence boundary and the mass extinction, and a phase of extinction losses in the earliest Triassic Isarcicella isarcica zone during highstand development.
- Permian-Triassic,
- conodont,
- Dajiang,
- microbialite,
- mass extinction

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