Carboniferous foraminifers from the Shangsi area in southern Guizhou and the Visean foraminiferal succession in South China

doi:10.13745/j.esf.sf.2020.6.18

Abstract

Abstract:

Abundant and highly diversified foraminifers were widely distributed in the Carboniferous period with high evolutionary rate, which is of great significance to the stratigraphic division and correlation. Compared with some important Carboniferous sedimentary regions in the world, the accuracy of the foraminiferal biostratigraphic division in South China is relatively low. We report in this paper on the abundant foraminifers from the Jiusi Formation and from the lower part of the Shangsi Formation, both are token as the representative lithostratigraphic units of the Carboniferous system in South China. Based on the existing data of foraminifers, seven foraminiferal zones are recognized in the Visean stage of South China. In ascending order, they are the Eoparastaffella simplex, Viseidiscus/Planoarchaediscus, Paraarchaediscus Zone, Pojarkovella nibelis, Koskinotextularia, Bradyina, and Janischewskina Zones. These foraminiferal zones can be well correlated with other typical Carboniferous sedimentary regions in the world, thus providing a high-resolution stratigraphic framework for related studies. Based on the study of foraminifers from the Shangsi area, we propose that the first appearance of foraminifer Bradyina can be used as a biostratigraphic criterion to define the base of the Shangsian Stage, a regional chronostratigraphic unit of the Carboniferous system in China. Moreover, the Shangsian Stage can be correlated to the middle and upper parts of the Warnantian Substage in Western Europe or to the Aleksinian-Venevian Substage in Russia. Altogether it provides reliable fossil evidence for the regional chronostratigraphic unit correlation of the Carboniferous system worldwide.

Key words: foraminifer, biostratigraphy, Shangsian, Visean, Carboniferous, South China

CLC Number:

P52
P534.45

SHEN Yang, WANG Xunlian, LI Yukun, YANG Zhihua, CEN Wuxuan, WANG Xuebing. Carboniferous foraminifers from the Shangsi area in southern Guizhou and the Visean foraminiferal succession in South China[J]. Earth Science Frontiers, 2020, 27(6): 213-233.

Figures/Tables 16

Fig.1 Geographic maps of the Gaizhai section in the Shangsi area, Dushan County, Guizhou

Fig.2 Outcrops of the Jiusi Formation of the Gaizhai section in the Shangsi area

Fig.3 Outcrops of the Shangsi Formation of the Gaizhai section in the Shangsi area

Fig.4 Foraminifers from the Gaizhai section in the Shangsi area (1)

Fig.5 Foraminifers from the Gaizhai section in the Shangsi area (2)

Fig.6 Foraminifers from the Gaizhai section in the Shangsi area (3)

Fig.7 Foraminifers from the Gaizhai section in the Shangsi area (4)

Fig.8 Foraminifers from the Gaizhai section in the Shangsi area (5)

Fig.9 Foraminifers from the Gaizhai section in the Shangsi area (6)

Fig.10 Foraminifers from the Gaizhai section in the Shangsi area (7)

Fig.11 Foraminifers from the Gaizhai section in the Shangsi area (8)

Fig.12 Ranges of significant foraminiferal taxa in the Jiusi Formaiton and lower part of Shangsi Formation of the Gaizhai section in the Shangsi area

Fig.13 Correlation of foraminiferal zones in the Visean Stage between South China and some typical areas

Fig.14 Distribution of main foraminiferal taxa in the Luzhai Formation of the Pengchong section. Modified after [16-17].

Fig.15 Distribution of main fossils in the Baping Formation of the Yajiao section. Modified after [16-17].

Fig.16 Ranges of important foraminiferal taxa in the Bei’an Formation of the Bei’an section. Modified after [19].

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