ALBAILLELLIDAE (RADIOLARIA) FROM THE LATEST PERMIAN IN SOUTHERN GUANGXI, CHINA

• Published in: Journal of paleontology Vol. 81; no. 1; pp. 9 - 18
• Main Authors: JIN, YUXI, FENG, QINGLAI, MENG, YOUYAN, HE, WEIHONG, GU, SONGZHU
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.01.2007; Paleontological Society
• Subjects: Albaillella; Albaillellidae; Asia; assemblages; Biostratigraphy; biozones; Changhsingian age; China; Dalong Formation; Earth sciences; Extinction; Far East; Fauna; Fusui China; Geology; Guangxi China; Holotypes; Invertebrata; invertebrate; lithostratigraphy; Liuqiao China; microfossils; Micropaleontology; Mineral resources; morphology; Mudstone; Neoalbaillella minuta; New species; new taxa; Paleontology; Paleozoic; Permian; Protista; Radiolaria; Rocks; SEM data; Siliceous rocks; Stratigraphy; Studies; taxonomy; Upper Permian; China, People's Rep., Guangxi
• ISSN: 0022-3360; 1937-2337
• DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2007)81[9:ARFTLP]2.0.CO;2

A delicate and well-preserved latest Permian radiolarian fauna was obtained from muddy siliceous rocks and siliceous mudstones in the Dongpan Section, southwest Guangxi, China. The specimens of family Albaillellidae in the fauna have been selected for taxonomic study in this paper. Two genera and 14 species belonging to this family are recognized and described, including three new species and one new subspecies, namely Neoalbaillella minuta, Albaillella flabellata, Albaillella fida, and Albaillella yaoi longa, respectively. This assemblage is correlated to the Neoalbaillella optima Assemblage Zone. Its biostratigraphic significance and the final extinction of Albaillellidae at the end of Late Permian are observed and discussed herein.