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Devonian events: examples from the eastern Palaeotethys (Si Phai section, NE Vietnam)

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Recent study of Middle to Upper Devonian deposits in the Dong Van area, northeast Vietnam, has revealed new, more detailed information of both the stratigraphic record of the Si Phai section and global Devonian bioevents. Four possible equivalents of well-known Devonian events of different magnitude were found in Vietnam, an area which is underrepresented in that respect: the (?) Kačák Event, the (?)pumilio Events, the late Middle Givetian Taghanic Event and the Frasnian/Famennian Kellwasser Event. The stratigraphic framework of the Si Phai section allows us to recognise and assess the timing of global Devonian bioevents in Vietnam even though the section is not continuous. An overview of the sedimentological development of the Si Phai section is discussed briefly where carbonates in the section are composed of argillaceous limestones suggesting relatively deep, off-shore conditions. Due to the facies setting, the macrofauna is generally rare and the conodont record is likewise limited in some parts. Nevertheless, it is possible to pinpoint some global event intervals for the first time in Vietnam.

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The authors appreciated the field company of Le Thi-Thu Huong and Nguyen Thi Hai (Karl-Franzens-University, Graz, Austria, and Hanoi University) providing work permits and sample export certificates. Jana Anger (Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, Germany) is thanked for providing some illustrations. P. Königshof acknowledges financial support by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (grant KO 1622/16-1). We are also grateful to Valeri Sachanski (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia) and Jau-Chyn Liao (University of Valencia, Spain) for their careful and constructive reviews of this paper. This publication is a contribution to IGCP 596 on “Climate change and biodiversity patterns in the Mid-Palaeozoic (Early Devonian to Early Carboniferous)”.

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Königshof, P., Narkiewicz, K., Hoa, P.T. et al. Devonian events: examples from the eastern Palaeotethys (Si Phai section, NE Vietnam). Palaeobio Palaeoenv 97, 481–496 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12549-017-0272-5

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