Viséan Fossil Plants from the Jiujialu Formation in Central Guizhou Province: Implications for Age of Bauxite and Palaeoenvironment

• 作者: GAO Junbo GAO Lei LUO Chaokun Muhammad UMAIR WANG Longbo YANG Ruidong
• 来源期刊: 地质学报（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2020,（6）
• 所属期刊栏目: Special Issue in Honor of Professor CHANG Yinfo's 90th Birthday
• 页码范围: 2165-2177
• 页数: 13页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

Fossil plants from the carbonaceous shale of upper part of the Lower Carboniferous Jiujialu Formation in Lindai bauxite deposit fill a gap regarding the distribution of Early Carboniferous flora in Central Guizhou Province. Here the Lindai plant assemblage is systematically described, and its composition and geological age are discussed. Research demonstrates that 9 species in 6 genera of the fossil plants are discovered in this study, and they belong to lycopsids, sphenopsids and ferns, respectively. Based on the analysis of the floral composition, the geological age of the Lindai plant assemblage belongs to the Early Carboniferous Viséan. The discovery of Lindai plant assemblage not only provides a new fossil evidence to restrict the age of bauxite deposits in Lower Carboniferous Jiujialu Formation of Central Guizhou Province, but also has great significance to further research the palaeoecological setting and floral evolution during the Early Carboniferous.