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Journal of Paleontology

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A LATE PERMIAN TO EARLY TRIASSIC BIVALVE FAUNA FROM THE DONGPAN SECTION, SOUTHERN GUANGXI, SOUTH CHINA

¹ GPMR and BGEG Laboratories at China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, P.R. China, <whzhang{at}cug.edu.cn>, <fengqlye{at}public.wh.hb.cn>, <eaweldon{at}cug.edu.cn>, <bossgu{at}cug.edu.cn>, <z_fffff{at}sina.com.cn>; and <shbwu{at}cug.edu.cn>
² Guangxi Research Institute of Geological Survey, Nanning, Guangxi 530023, <yymeng{at}sina.com>

A bivalve fauna from the Permian—Triassic interval of the Dongpan section, Guangxi, South China is described herein. This bivalve fauna includes 16 species belonging to 10 genera. New taxa are Euchondria fusuiensis, Palaeoneilo qinzhouensis, and Claraia liuqiaoensis. Bed 12 of the interval (Talung Formation) contains the typical late Late Permian ammonoids: Huananoceras sp., Laibinoceras cf. L. compressum Yang, and Qiangjiangoceras sp. Bed 13 (Luolou Formation) contains typical Early Triassic bivalves Claraia dieneri Nakazawa, C. cf. C. wangi (Patte), and C. griesbachi (Bittner), which coexist with the earliest Triassic ammonoid Ophiceras sp. The bivalve and ammonoid distributions at the Dongpan section indicate that bed 12 should be assigned to the Late Permian, and bed 13 should be assigned to the Early Triassic. From the early Changhsingian to the Induan, the byssal notches of Claraia species tend to become progressively narrower, and change from being ventrally extended to being horizontally extended. The species level diversity of Claraia also increases through this interval.