A New Bothriolepid Antiarch from the Middle Devonian in Luquan, Yunnan, South China and Its Stratigraphic and Biogeographic Significances

Sheng Liu; Zhaohui Pan; Min Zhu; Liantao Jia; Wenjin Zhao

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Sheng Liu, Zhaohui Pan, Min Zhu, Liantao Jia, Wenjin Zhao. A New Bothriolepid Antiarch from the Middle Devonian in Luquan, Yunnan, South China and Its Stratigraphic and Biogeographic Significances. Journal of Earth Science, 2023, 34(4): 1176-1188. doi: 10.1007/s12583-022-1775-1

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Sheng Liu, Zhaohui Pan, Min Zhu, Liantao Jia, Wenjin Zhao. A New Bothriolepid Antiarch from the Middle Devonian in Luquan, Yunnan, South China and Its Stratigraphic and Biogeographic Significances. Journal of Earth Science, 2023, 34(4): 1176-1188. doi: 10.1007/s12583-022-1775-1

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Sheng Liu, Zhaohui Pan, Min Zhu, Liantao Jia, Wenjin Zhao. A New Bothriolepid Antiarch from the Middle Devonian in Luquan, Yunnan, South China and Its Stratigraphic and Biogeographic Significances. Journal of Earth Science, 2023, 34(4): 1176-1188. doi: 10.1007/s12583-022-1775-1

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A New Bothriolepid Antiarch from the Middle Devonian in Luquan, Yunnan, South China and Its Stratigraphic and Biogeographic Significances

doi: 10.1007/s12583-022-1775-1

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Zhaohui Pan^{1, 3, #
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Min Zhu^{1, 2, 3},
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Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044, China
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University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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CAS Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Beijing 100044, China

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Corresponding author: Wenjin Zhao, zhaowenjin@ivpp.ac.cn
Received Date: 29 Jun 2022
Accepted Date: 03 Nov 2022

Available Online: 01 Aug 2023

Issue Publish Date: 30 Aug 2023

Abstract

Abstract

Chahuaqingolepis magniporus gen. et sp. nov., a new taxon of Bothriolepididae (Placodermi: Antiarcha), is described from the Middle Devonian in Luquan County, Yunnan Province, South China. The phylogenetic analysis shows that Chahuaqingolepis is the sister group of Wufengshania with the synapomorphy of the large obtected nuchal area. Together with the findings of other associated antiarchs including Dianolepis, Bothriolepis, and Hunanolepis, the new bothriolepid antiarch is assigned to the Bothriolepis sinensis-Hunanolepis fish assemblage, which characterizes the Eifelian of the Middle Devonian in South China. The fish-bearing Tanglishu Formation can be well correlated with the Tiao-majian Formation in Changsha, Shangshuanghe Formation and lower part of the Haikou Formation in Qujing, and Laohutou Formation in Shaoguan and Lechang areas. This discovery not only enriches the Middle Devonian diversity of bothriolepids, but also provides reliable paleoichthyological evidence on the division and correlation of the fish-bearing Devonian strata in South China and deepens the understanding of the biogeography of the Devonian bothriolepids.
- bothriolepid antiarchs,
- biostratigraphy,
- biogeography,
- Middle Devonian,
- Luquan,
- Yunnan

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^#These authors contributed equally to this article

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