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[摘要]
根据三叶虫Bathynotus,Microryctocara ,Pagetiaprolata和Oryctocephalus indicus在华南和美国西部地层上相同或相类似的分布 ,对冈瓦纳与劳伦古陆下、中寒武统界线进行对比 ,并将Oryctocephalus indicus一种的首次出现作为确定两大古陆中寒武统的底界 ,而推荐此种作为界线层型中寒武统的标准种。
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[Abstract]
The Lower-Middle Cambrian boundary in Gondwana and Laurentia is correlatedusing the trilobites Bathynotus,Microryctocara,Pagetia prolata,and Oryctocephalus indicus from South China and the western United States.Oryctocephalus indicus is suggested as a candidate for thedefining taxon for the base of the Middle Cambrian Series and its lowest stage in Laurentia and South China.
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Q91
[基金项目]
国家自然科学基金(49772085 ); 攀登专项(95-01-1); 美国国家自然科学基金和中国科学院古生物学与古人类学科基础研究特别支;