Application of cluster analysis to western China population quality assessment

2014 ◽  
pp. 251-254
2018 ◽  
Vol 92 (3) ◽  
pp. 398-411 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiang Fang ◽  
Tingen Chen ◽  
Clive Burrett ◽  
Yongsheng Wang ◽  
Yonggui Qu ◽  
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AbstractActinocerid nautiloids from the Lhasai Formation in the Xainza region are studied systematically for the first time. The nautiloids are identified as Middle Ordovician in age based on stratigraphic correlations with those from North China, Sibumasu, North Australia (northern Gondwana), and North America (Laurentia). A cluster analysis shows strong affinities between the actinocerid nautiloids of the Lhasa Terrane and those of the Himalaya, North China, and Sibumasu terranes. Our results support Middle Ordovician paleogeographic reconstructions that place North China rather than South China much closer to Australia. Nine species assigned to six genera of Meitanoceratidae, Wutinoceratidae, Armenoceratidae, Ormoceratidae, and Discoactinoceratidae are described in detail:Pomphoceras nyalamense(Chen, 1975),Pomphoceras yaliense(Chen, 1975),Wutinocerascf.W.foerstei(Endo, 1930),Mesowutinoceras giganteumChen in Chen and Zou, 1984,Armenoceras tani(Grabau, 1922),Armenoceras teichertiEndo, 1932,Armenoceras xizangensenew species,Deiroceras globosomZou and Shen in Chen and Zou, 1984, andDiscoactinocerascf.D.multiplexumKobayashi, 1927.UUID:http://zoobank.org/ba851fea-e107-4754-a0f4-a70744e325ab


2021 ◽  
Vol 213 ◽  
pp. 84-90
Author(s):  
Siqing Shan ◽  
Yuebin Bai ◽  
Xiaojing Wang

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