A new Changhsingian (Lopingian) brachiopod fauna of the shallow-water clastic-shelf facies from Fujian Province, southeastern China

Although much attention has been paid to Changhsingian brachiopods in
South China, there are only two Chinese studies, published in 1979 and
1990, on Changhsingian brachiopods from the southeastern part of South
China. Based on systematically collected fossil material, this paper
describes and quantitatively analyses a Changhsingian brachiopod fauna
from the Luokeng Formation at the Hongtian section, Fujian Province,
southeastern China, for the first time. Among the brachiopods (30 species
in 18 genera) described and illustrated,Cathaysia
yongdingensis Liao and an endemic genus of South China
(Qinglongia) are reported in English for the first time. Two new
species,Neochonetes(Sommeriella)longaand Neochonetes(Sommeriella)transversa,are also proposed. The Hongtian fauna is mainly composed of Cathaysia (29.4%),Neochonetes (19.3%), Linoproductus(13.5%), Orthothetina(11.7%), and is correlated with the brachiopod fauna from the lower part of the Luokeng Formation in Fujian Province.