Brachiopods around the Permian-Triassic Boundary of South China

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: He, Wei-Hong (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Shi, G. R. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Zhang, Ke-Xin (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Yang, Ting-Lu (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Shen, Shu-Zhong (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Zhang, Yang (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: New Records of the Great Dying in South China,
• Subjects: Paleontology .; Paleontology.

This timely book documents marvelous brachiopod fossils from the Palaeozoic-Mesozoic transition of South China. Numerous beautiful pictures and detailed descriptions (specifically the measurements of body size) of brachiopod species are presented. Systematic discussion on the evolution of brachiopod...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: HE Weihong, SHI GR, SHEN Shuzhong
• Geographical location and palaeogeographic setting of studied sections: HE Weihong, ZHANG Kexin, SHI GR
• Depositional sequences, biotic assemblages and review on Changhsingian (or late Changhsingian) palaeo-water depths of studied sections: HE Weihong, ZHANG Kexin, SHI GR, XIAO Yifan, BU Jianjun
• Age analysis and stratigraphic correlation: HE Weihong, SHI GR, ZHANG Kexin, WU Shunbao
• Materials and methods: HE Weihong, SHI GR, YANG Tinglu, WANG Yongbiao
• Evolution of brachiopod diversity across the PTB in varied palaeogeographic settings: HE Weihong, SHI GR
• Spatial and temporal body-size changes of brachiopods in relation to varied palaeogeographic settings: HE Weihong, SHI GR
• Discussion on changes of brachiopod diversity and morphologic features and their implications for the environmental crisis of the Great Dying: HE Weihong, SHI GR, BU Jianjun
• Systematic Palaeonology: HE Weihong, SHI GR, SHEN Shenzhong, YANG Tinglu, ZHANG Yang, WU Huiting, WANG Han, BU Jianjun.