Meishan Section in Changxing County of Zhejiang Province is one of the four candidates of the global stratotype section and point (GSSP) of the Permian and Triassic boundary (PTB), and currently the conodonts have bee...Meishan Section in Changxing County of Zhejiang Province is one of the four candidates of the global stratotype section and point (GSSP) of the Permian and Triassic boundary (PTB), and currently the conodonts have been widely accepted as the index fossils to define the Permian and Triassic boundary. The previous studies on the Lower Triassic conodonts at Meishan Section are summarized and the recent discovery of the Lower Triassic conodonts there is reported. The recognized data from the section indicate that Meishan is the best selection of the GSSP of PTB.展开更多
文摘Meishan Section in Changxing County of Zhejiang Province is one of the four candidates of the global stratotype section and point (GSSP) of the Permian and Triassic boundary (PTB), and currently the conodonts have been widely accepted as the index fossils to define the Permian and Triassic boundary. The previous studies on the Lower Triassic conodonts at Meishan Section are summarized and the recent discovery of the Lower Triassic conodonts there is reported. The recognized data from the section indicate that Meishan is the best selection of the GSSP of PTB.