Microfacies characteristics of the Lower Triassic containing Chaohusaurus fauna in Chaohu area, Anhui Province and its palaeoenvironment
Zhang Yuying1,2, Jiang Dayong1, Fu Wanlu1, Ji Cheng3, Sun Zuoyu1
1 School of Earth and Space Sciences,Peking University,Beijing.100871 2 Liaoning Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources,Shenyang.110031,Liaoning 3 Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology,CAS, Nanjing.210008,Jiangsu
Abstract The Early Triassic Chaohusaurus fauna was found at No.598-630 layers at the top of the Middle Member-the bottom of the Upper Member of the Nanlinghu Formation in Majiashan section of Chaohu area,Anhui Province. Based on the microfacies characteristics and the carbon and oxygen isotope analysis,the sedimentary environment of the fossil beds where the Chaohusaurus fauna had occurred was studied. 4microfacies types were recognized from the studied layers,which contained the red-grey thick nodular limestone with spicules-bivalves,the gray bioclastic-argillaceous micrite limestone,the gray laminated argillaceous micrite limestone,and the light gray micrite limestone,respectively. It was indicated that the sedimentary environment of the fossil beds was from the foot of the outer ramp-abyssal basin to the outer ramp. The values of the δ13C and δ18O are generally low in the whole of fossil beds. Combined with the above characteristics,it might be inferred that the Chaohusaurus fauna was living in the outer ramp zone with low-energy,less numbers and types of the biocoenose,and high seawater temperature.
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Jiang Dayong,born in 1969,is a professor at School of Earth and Space Sciences,Peking University. Now he is engaged in vertebrate palaeontology and integrated stratigraphy. E-mail: djiang@pku.edu.cn.
About author: Zhang Yuying,born in 1987,is a master at School of Earth and Space Sciences,Peking University. Now she is engaged in carbonate microfacies. E-mail: yycug@163.com.
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Zhang Yuying,Jiang Dayong,Fu Wanlu et al. Microfacies characteristics of the Lower Triassic containing Chaohusaurus fauna in Chaohu area, Anhui Province and its palaeoenvironment[J]. JOPC, 2014, 16(5): 761-768.
Zhang Yuying,Jiang Dayong,Fu Wanlu et al. Microfacies characteristics of the Lower Triassic containing Chaohusaurus fauna in Chaohu area, Anhui Province and its palaeoenvironment[J]. JOPC, 2014, 16(5): 761-768.
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