Li Qiao

TL;DR: In this article, the authors carried out quantitative time-series analyses of global brachiopod palaeobiogeography over a timespan of nine consecutive stages/substages from the latest Permian Changhsingian to the latest Triassic Rhaetian.

TL;DR: The Global Boundary Stratotype Sections and Points (GSSPs) for the bases of all seven international Devonian stages have been formally defined and ratified by IUGS till 1996, and nowadays, the main tasks for Devonian stratigraphers include further subdivision of these standard stages, strictly constrained absolute ages for the boundaries, and precise neritic-pelagic and marine-terrestrial correlations using multidisciplinary stratigraphy methods.

TL;DR: The Gigantoproductus-bearing brachiopod fauna is one of the most distinct marine benthic faunas in the Late Mississippian (Early Carboniferous) in terms of its huge size, extremely thick shell, and delicate costation as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this paper, a detailed analysis of a middle Devonian high-diversity patch reef located in a platform interior setting in South China was performed, and a total of 83 species (including 23 undetermined species) belonging to 44 genera of reef organisms were identified.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the distribution and stratigraphic ranges of Leclercqia from the Middle to Upper Devonian Yidade Formation, eastern Yunnan (South China Plate).