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Dynamic patterns of latest Proterozoic‐Palaeozoic‐early Mesozoic marine biodiversity in South China

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Jiayu, Rong, Junxuan, Fan, Miller, Arnold I., Guoxiang, Li·2007·Geological Journal
DOI 10.1002/gj.1073
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Analyses of global biodiversity curves have been important for the interpretation of co‐evolution between organisms and environments through geological time. Global curves can be better understood if all the data collected from a multitude of palaeocontinents are analysed and explained separately. South China is a major block possessing more advantages for regional research than any of the other blocks in China. There exists a well‐developed succession of marine strata from the Ediacaran through to the Triassic with a relatively high resolution of bio‐ and chrono‐stratigraphy and an extensive marine fossil record. Stratigraphic occurrences of 5685 genera and 1386 families within 32 phyla or subphyla plus groups with uncertain affinities from this interval have been compiled by a large team of palaeontologists. With the exception of the Ediacaran, 50 time intervals with an average duration of 6.8 Ma are investigated. Diversity curves constructed at the levels of genus, family and order indicate that marine biodiversity peaked six times within the intervals: (1) Early Cambrian explosive radiation, (2) Early‐Mid Ordovician radiation mainly of the Paleozoic Evolutionary Fauna, (3) Early Silurian radiation, (4) late Early‐Mid Devonian radiation, (5) Mid‐Late Permian radiation and (6) Mid Triassic radiation chiefly of the Modern Evolutionary Fauna. Drops in biodiversity are controlled by various factors: (1) global catastrophes, which produced rapid losses of biodiversity during short time intervals; (2) global environmental perturbations with long term effects, as in the Carboniferous; (3) regional tectonics and palaeogeographical constraints, resulting in a lack of marine sedimentary rocks in many areas with biodiversity declining, as in the Wenlock; (4) unique sedimentary facies in large areas resulting in biodiversity losses, as in the Late Cambrian and (5) artifactual constraints associated with a lack of fossil record or low research intensity for some intervals, as in the period of about 30 Ma following the Early Cambrian explosive radiation. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Authors
Jiayu, R., Junxuan, F., Miller, A. I., & Guoxiang, L.
Affiliations
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
  • University of Cincinnati (US)
Corresponding author
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Venue
Geological Journal
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2007-04-30
Volume
42
Issue
3-4
Pages
431-454
ISSN
  • 0072-1050 (ISSN-L)
  • 1099-1034
DOI
10.1002/gj.1073
OpenAlex
W2079851915
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c57213776034e3c02e7431be200f880f3048e7ce
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FWCI
1.26
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journal article
Language
en
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations
Geological Journal (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (40532009, 40572006)
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Yunnan University
  • Peking University
  • Nanjing University
  • State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy
  • China University of Geosciences
  • National Key Research and Development Program of China
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
Keywords
marine biodiversity, Proterozoic, Paleozoic, Early Mesozoic, South China, Ediacaran, Cambrian explosion, Ordovician radiation, mass extinction, sedimentary facies, fossil record bias

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