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A conodont-based Middle Triassic age assignment for the Luoping Biota of Yunnan, China

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The Luoping Biota consists of abundant and well-preserved marine fishes, reptiles, invertebrates, and plants. It occurs in the Middle Triassic Guanling Formation in Daaozi Village of Luoping County, Yunnan Province, China. Based on conodonts, the Luoping Biota is determined to lie within the Nicoraella kockeli Zone, which is assigned to the Pelsonian substage of the Anisian.

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  1. Chengdu Intitute of Geology and Mineral Resources, Geological Survey of China, Chengdu, 610081, China

    QiYue Zhang, ChangYong Zhou, Tao Lu, Tao Xie, XiongYing Lou, Wei Liu & YuanYuan Sun

  2. State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China

    JinYuan Huang & LaiShi Zhao

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Supported by China Geological Survey (Grant No. 1212010610211), National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 90714010, 40872003, 40621002), State Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, and State MOST Special Fund from the Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences

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Zhang, Q., Zhou, C., Lu, T. et al. A conodont-based Middle Triassic age assignment for the Luoping Biota of Yunnan, China. Sci. China Ser. D-Earth Sci. 52, 1673–1678 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-009-0114-z

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