The missing upper Carboniferous in the Cimmerian continent: A critical review

• Published in: Earth-science reviews Vol. 217; p. 103627
• Main Authors: Wang, Xiang-dong, Hu, Ke-Yi, Shi, Yu-Kun, Chen, Ji-Tao, Yang, Sun-Rong, Ye, Xun-Yan, Li, Xiao-Ming, Song, Ying-Fan, Chen, Bo, Chang, Xiao-Lin, Yao, Le, Zhang, Yi-Chun, Fan, Jun-Xuan, Shen, Shu-Zhong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.06.2021
• Subjects: Afghanistan; Artinskian age; Australia; Bryozoa; Carboniferous; China; Cimmerian; corals; fauna; Faunas; Fenestella; India; Iran; Pakistan; Paleobiogeography; Permian; Stratigraphy; Tournaisian age; Visean age; Afghanistan; Pakistan; Iran; Australia; China; India; Carboniferous; Stratigraphy; Permian; Cimmerian; Paleobiogeography; Faunas
• ISSN: 0012-8252; 1872-6828
• DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103627

The Cimmerian continent is composed of a series of blocks that were attached to the northern margin of Gondwana during the Carboniferous-Permian time, and as a consequence therefore, developed glacial sediments during the Late Paleozoic Ice Age (LPIA). These blocks rifted from Gondwana in the Early...