New Vetulicoliids from the Lower Cambrian Guanshan Fauna,Kunming
The Guanshan Fauna, a soft-bodied fauna intermediate between the Chengjiang Fauna and the Kaili Fauna and also the Burgess Shale Fauna stratigraphically, consists of trilobites, trilobitoides, Tuzoia, Vetulicola, Paleoscolex, brachiopods and sponges. The discovery and research of this fauna is of great significance in understading the "Cambrian Explosion" and the evolution of early life. The occurrence of vetulicoliids from the Guanshan Fauna not only adds new members to the taxonomic list, but also provides new information to the evolution of this animal group. This paper describe Vetulicola gantoucunensis Luo, Fu et Hu sp. nov. from the Lower Cambrian Wulongqing Formation in the Kunming area. Also presented are the amended description of Vetulicola and the comparisons with related genera within Vetulicoliids. The affinity, distribution, as well as evolution of vetulicoliids are discussed.
作 者： LUO Huilin Fu Xiaoping HU Shixue LI Yong CHEN Liangzhong YOU Ting LIU Qi 作者单位： LUO Huilin,HU Shixue,CHEN Liangzhong(Yunnan Institute of Geological Science, Kunming, Yunnan 650011)Fu Xiaoping,LI Yong,YOU Ting(Shenzhen Palaeontological Museum, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518004)
LIU Qi(Faculty of Earth Science, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, Hubei 430074)
刊 名： 地质学报(英文版) SCI 英文刊名： ACTA GEOLOGICA SINICA 年，卷(期)： 2005 79(1) 分类号： 关键词： Lower Cambrian Wulongqing Formation Guanshan Fauna Vetulicoliids Kunming Yunnan