LIU Jianni
Early Life Institute, State Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics, Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, ChinaHAN Jian
Early Life Institute, State Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics, Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, ChinaLI Jinshu
Early Life Institute, State Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics, Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, ChinaWU Yichen
Early Life Institute, State Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics, Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, ChinaPENG Jie
Early Life Institute, State Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics, Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, ChinaQI Nan
Early Life Institute, State Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics, Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, ChinaYANG Yiyao
Early Life Institute, State Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics, Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, ChinaLI Juan
Early Life Institute, State Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics, Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, ChinaThis work was financially supported by the 973 Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (Grant 2013CB837100), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant 41222014, 41172023, 41621003, 41102012), the National Program for Support of Top-notch Young Professionals, financial support from the Ministry of Education of China for Changjiang Scholar, the Program of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities (P201102007, W20136100061), Shaanxi Bureau of Science and Technology (FJ11366), Young Talents of Northwest University.
The Guanshan Biota from the Cambrian Stage 4 Wulongqing Formation is a typical Burgess-shale type Lagerst?tte that had witnessed the Cambrian explosion. Here we report two new localities of the Guanshan Biota, which is located at Baimei village, south of Kunming and Xinglong village, Wuding County, Yunnan Province respectively. Both localities produce soft-body fossils and several new taxa, e.g. a new species of palaeoscolecidans (Palaeoscolex xinglongensis sp. nov.) reported herein. The comparative study of the new species with similar form not only indicates that there is a diversification of palaeoscolecid species in Guanshan Biota, but also strengthens the ties between the older Chengjiang Biota and the younger Kaili Biota (and also the coeval Burgess Shale community). Three paleoecological features, including high diversity, little disparity and richness of palaeoscolecid worms, are summarized as a case study to represent the differences between Guanshan and Chengjiang Biota.
LIU Jianni, HAN Jian, LI Jinshu, WU Yichen, PENG Jie, QI Nan, YANG Yiyao, LI Juan.2016. New Localities and Palaeoscolecid Worms from the Cambrian (Stage 4, Series 2) Guanshan Biota in Kunming, Yunnan, South China[J]. Acta Geologica Sinica(),90(6):1939-1945
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