The first discovery of marine reptile fossils from the Early Triassic of the Nanpanjiang Basin

ZHOU Changyong; ZHANG Qiyue; HUANG Jinyuan; HU Shixue; WEN Wen; XIE Tao

2017 Vol. 36, No. 1

Article Contents

Article navigation > Geological Bulletin of China > 2017 > 36(1): 168-171

Next Article Previous Article

ZHOU Changyong, ZHANG Qiyue, HUANG Jinyuan, HU Shixue, WEN Wen, XIE Tao. The first discovery of marine reptile fossils from the Early Triassic of the Nanpanjiang Basin[J]. Geological Bulletin of China, 2017, 36(1): 168-171.

Citation:

ZHOU Changyong, ZHANG Qiyue, HUANG Jinyuan, HU Shixue, WEN Wen, XIE Tao. The first discovery of marine reptile fossils from the Early Triassic of the Nanpanjiang Basin[J]. Geological Bulletin of China, 2017, 36(1): 168-171.

The first discovery of marine reptile fossils from the Early Triassic of the Nanpanjiang Basin

Chengdu Center of China Geological Survey, Chengdu 610081, Sichuan, China

More Information

Corresponding author: ZHANG Qiyue, yxzqy@sina.com

Received Date: 30 December 2016

Revised Date: 03 January 2017

Publish Date: 25 January 2017

Abstract

Abstract

Marine reptiles fossils, accompanied by abundant ammonites, brachipods, bivalves, conodonts and some other fossils, were discovered for the first time from the Lower Triassic Luolou Formation in Wangmo area of the Nanpanjiang Basin. Their age belongs to the Spathian substage of the Early Triassic Olenekian stage. This new discovery has a prominent significance for understanding the recovery of the Early Triassic marine ecosystem as well as the study of the origin and evolution of early marine reptiles in Early Triassic period.
- marine reptiles /
- Early Triassic /
- Nanpanjiang Basin /
- Wangmo area

FullText(HTML)

References

[1]	Benton M J, Zhang Q Y, Hu S X, et al. Exceptional vertebrate biotas from the Triassic of China, and the expansion of marine ecosystems after the Permo-Triassic mass extinction[J]. Earth Science Reviews, 2013, 125:199-243. doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2013.05.014 CrossRef Google Scholar
[2]	Chen Z Q, Benton M J. The timing and pattern of biotic recovery following the end-Permian mass extinction[J]. Nature Geoscience, 2012, 5:375-383. doi: 10.1038/ngeo1475 CrossRef Google Scholar
[3]	Motani R. Redescription of the dentition of Grippia longirostris (Ichthyosauria) with a comparison with Utatsusaurushataii[J]. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 1997, 17:39-44. doi: 10.1080/02724634.1997.10010951 CrossRef Google Scholar
[4]	Nicholls E L, Brinkman D B. A new ichthyosaur from the Triassic of Sulphur Mountain Formation of British Columbia[C]//Sarjeant W A S. Vertebrate Fossils and the evolution of scientific concepts. Gordon and Breach, Switzerland, 1995:521-535.http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=5016890 Google Scholar
[5]	Mazin J M, Suteethorn V, Buffetaut E, et al. Preliminary description of Thaisaurus chonglakmanii n. g., n. sp.:a new ichthyopterygian (Reptilia) from the Early Triassic of Thailand[J]. Comptes Rendus de I'Academie des Sciences, Paris, 1991, 313(2):1207-1212. Google Scholar
[6]	Shikama T, Kamei T, Murata M. Early Triassic Ichthyosaurus, Utatsusaurus hataii gen. et sp. Nov., from the Kitakami Massif, Northeast Japan[C]//Science Reports of the Tohoku University, Sendai, Second Series (Geology), 1978, 48:77-97.http://ir.library.tohoku.ac.jp/re/handle/10097/28832 Google Scholar
[7]	Motani R. Redescription of the dental features of an Early Triassic ichthyosaur Utatsusaurus hataii[J]. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 1996, 16:396-402. doi: 10.1080/02724634.1996.10011329 CrossRef Google Scholar
[8]	Wiman C. EineneueReptilien-Ordnungaus der TriasSpitzbergens[J]. Bulletin of the Geological institution of the University of Upsala, 1929, 22:183-196. Google Scholar
[9]	陈烈祖.安徽巢县早三叠世鱼龙化石[J].中国区域地质, 1985, 15:139-146. Google Scholar
[10]	程龙, 阎春波, 陈孝红, 等.湖北省南漳/远安动物群特征及其意义初探[J].中国地质, 2015, 42(2):676-684. Google Scholar
[11]	尚庆华, 刘俊, 徐光辉, 等.论广西武鸣三叠纪海生爬行动物东方广西龙(鳍龙类) 的时代[J].古脊椎动物学报. 2014, 52(4):381-389. Google Scholar
[12]	姚建新, 纪占胜, 王立亭, 等.贵州南部地区中三叠统青岩阶底界附近牙形石生物地层学研究[J].地质学报, 2004, 78(5):577-585. Google Scholar
[13]	郑连弟, 姚建新, 仝亚博, 等.贵州南部地区安尼阶底界锆石SHRIMP年龄结果[J].地质学报, 2010, 84(8):1112-1117. Google Scholar
[14]	Li J L. A brief summary of the Triassic marine reptiles of China[J]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica, 2006, 44(1):99-108. Google Scholar
[15]	张启跃, 周长勇, 吕涛等.滇东罗平地区发现中三叠世安尼期鱼类化石[J].地质通报, 2008, 27(3):429. Google Scholar
[16]	Zhang Q Y, Zhou C Y, Lu T, et al. A Conodont-based Middle Triassic age assignment for the Luoping Biota of Yunnan, China[J]. Science in China Series D Earth Sciences, 2009, 52(10):1673-1678. doi: 10.1007/s11430-009-0114-z CrossRef Google Scholar
[17]	Hu S X, Zhang Q Y, Cheng Z Q, et al. The Luoping biota:exceptional preservation, and new evidence on the Triassic recovery from end-Permian mass extinction[J]. Proceeding of the Royal Society, Series B, 2011, 278:2274-2282. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2235 CrossRef Google Scholar
[18]	Shen S Z, Crowley J L, Wang Y, et al. Calibrating the end-Permian mass extinction[J]. Science, 2011, 334(6061):1367-1372. doi: 10.1126/science.1213454 CrossRef Google Scholar
[19]	Romano C, Goudemand N, Vennemann T W, et al. Climatic and biotic upheavals following the end-Permian mass extinction[J].Nature Geoscience, 2012, 6:57-60. doi: 10.1038/ngeo1667 CrossRef Google Scholar