The authors are particularly grateful to Prof.Xing Yusheng and Wang Xiaofeng for providing the field information and the valuable comments.This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.40272015);a special grant from China Geological Survey(Grant No.200213000042)to Yin Chongyu.
Two new horizons with macroscopic fossils are reported in the Doushantuo Formation, Ediacaran System, from the Yangtze Gorges area. The fossils were discovered in the lower and middle black shales of the Doushantuo Fo...
jointly supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China for fundamental work(Grant No.2001DEA20020-1);the Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.40272015);China Commission on Stratigraphy(research on the stage establishment for China’s main chronostratigraphy).
In the newly revised Regional Chronostrati-graphic (Geochronologic) Scale of China, the original bipar-tite division of the Neoproterozoic is changed to tripartite division. The three 搒ystem?rank chronostratigraphic ...