There are different opinions on whether Claraia appeared in the Late Permian or not. Itis convinced that Claraia had turned up in the Late Permian through the study on the Upper Per-mian in South China. Pseudoclaraia,...There are different opinions on whether Claraia appeared in the Late Permian or not. Itis convinced that Claraia had turned up in the Late Permian through the study on the Upper Per-mian in South China. Pseudoclaraia, Claraioides and Claraia are compared and they are found tobear basically the same features. According to the rule of nomenclatural priority, Pseudoclaraiaand Claraioides should be attributed to the genus Claraia. Late Permian Claraia lived in the mid-dle-lower part of the bathyal continental slope as epifauna, which could swim occasionally. Thestudy on Claraia of the Permian-Triassic transition shows that Triassic Claraia was evolved fromPermian展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 49632070).
文摘There are different opinions on whether Claraia appeared in the Late Permian or not. Itis convinced that Claraia had turned up in the Late Permian through the study on the Upper Per-mian in South China. Pseudoclaraia, Claraioides and Claraia are compared and they are found tobear basically the same features. According to the rule of nomenclatural priority, Pseudoclaraiaand Claraioides should be attributed to the genus Claraia. Late Permian Claraia lived in the mid-dle-lower part of the bathyal continental slope as epifauna, which could swim occasionally. Thestudy on Claraia of the Permian-Triassic transition shows that Triassic Claraia was evolved fromPermian
