ADVANCE IN THE STUDY OF THE LOWER TRIASSIC CONODONTS AT MEISHAN SECTION, CHANGXING, ZHEJIANG PROVINCE

Meishan Section in Changxing County of Zhejiang Province is one of the four candidates of the global stratotype section and point (GSSP) of the Permian and Triassic boundary (PTB), and currently the conodonts h ave been widely accepted as the index fossils to define the Permian an d Triassic boundary. The previous studies on the Lower Triassic conodo nts at Meishan Section are summarized and the recent discovery of the Lower Triassic conodonts there is reported. The recognized data from t he section indicate that Meishan is the best selection of the GSSP of PTB.