New Vetulicoliids from the Lower Cambrian Guanshan Fauna, Kunming

作     者：LUOHuilin FUXiaoping HUShixue LIYong CHENLiangzhong YOUTing LIUQi 

作者机构：YunnanInstituteofGeologicalScienceKunmingYunnan650011 ShenzhenPalaeontologicalMuseumShenzhenGuangdong518004 FacultyofEarthScienceChinaUniversityofGeosciencesWuhanHubei430074 

出 版 物：《Acta Geologica Sinica(English Edition)》 (地质学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2005年第79卷第1期

页      面：1-6页

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学科分类：070903[理学-古生物学与地层学(含：古人类学)] 0709[理学-地质学] 07[理学] 

基　　金：the joint project between the Yunnan Institute of Geological Sciences the Shenzhen Palaeontological Museum the Natural Science Foundation of Yunnan Province(2002D0033Q) 

主　　题：Lower Cambrian Wulongqing Formation Guanshan Fauna Vetulicoliids Kunming Yunnan 

摘      要：The Guanshan Fauna, a soft-bodied fauna intermediate between the Chengjiang Fauna and the Kaili Fauna and also the Burgess Shale Fauna stratigraphically, consists of trilobites, trilobitoides, Tuzoia, Vetulicola, Paleoscolex, brachiopods and sponges. The discovery and research of this fauna is of great significance in understading the Cambrian Explosion and the evolution of early life. The occurrence of vetulicoliids from the Guanshan Fauna not only adds new members to the taxonomic list, but also provides new information to the evolution of this animal group. This paper describe Vetulicola gantoucunensis Luo, Fu et Hu sp. nov. from the Lower Cambrian Wulongqing Formation in the Kunming area. Also presented are the amended description of Vetulicola and the comparisons with related genera within Vetulicoliids. The affinity, distribution, as well as evolution of vetulicoliids are discussed.