A new species of the primitive stromatoporoid Cystostroma from the Ordovician of East Asia

Juwan Jeon, Qijian Li, Jae Ryong Oh, Suk Joo Choh, Dong Jin Lee

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Abstract

A new species of the most primitive rosenellid stromatoporoid Cystostroma, C. primordia sp. nov. is reported from the Hunghuayuan Formation (Lower Ordovician, Floian) of Guizhou Province in the South China Block and the Duwibong Formation (Middle Ordovician, Darriwilian) of the Taebaeksan Basin in mid-eastern Korea (North China Block). This species is the first representative of the genus found in both the North and South China blocks. Cystostroma primordia sp. nov. is characterized by the absence of denticles and distinctively smaller cyst plates (height 0.04–0.20 mm, length 0.09–0.39 mm) than any other known species of Cystostroma. The presence of C. primordia sp. nov. in Lower to Middle Ordovician strata of western Gondwana challenges the long-held view of the late Middle Ordovician emergence of Paleozoic stromatoporoids. The simple internal morphological features of this new species and its occurrence in the Lower Ordovician of South China strongly indicate that an Early Ordovician Cystostroma-type precursor from western Gondwana is located near the base of the stromatoporoid stock. This occurrence greatly preceded the late Middle Ordovician (late Darriwilian) stromatoporoid diversification in circum-equatorial regions worldwide.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)547-556
Number of pages10
JournalGeosciences Journal
Volume23
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019 Aug 1

Keywords

  • China
  • Cystostroma primordia sp. nov
  • Darriwilian
  • Floian
  • Korea
  • Ordovician

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Environmental Science(all)
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)

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