“…isarcica at its base. The placement of the P/Tr boundary within this conodont zonation has been the subject of considerable debate although a general consensus is emerging favouring the base-parvus Zone for the erathem boundary (Yin, 1985(Yin, , 1993Ding, 1988Gullo and Kozur, 1993;Kozur, 1993Kozur, , 1994aPaull and Paull, 1994, Wang, 1994, Jin et al, 1994Yin et al, 1994;Sweet, pers comm.). As discussed below, it appears that such a choice would confine much of the Otoceras-bearing beds and part of the Griesbachian Stage to the Permian (Kozur, 1977, Sweet, 1979.…”