Late Ordovician (Katian) linguliform microbrachiopods from north‐eastern Yunnan, South China

Abstract

Linguliform brachiopods are a minor but distinctive component of the Palaeozoic Evolutionary Fauna. However, there is no formal research on Katian (Late Ordovician) linguliform microbrachiopods in South China. Fossils from the 'Pagoda', 'Linhsiang' and Daduhe formations, Wanhe section of Yunnan Province, South China, provide a unique opportunity to bridge the gap. Here, we report and systematically describe, for the first time, a deep-water Katian linguliform microbrachiopod association, including 13 species assigned to nine genera, namely Paterula cf. numerosa Popov,