ABSTRACT
In the Etaoucun area, near Guilin in Guangxi (South China), a continuous section is exposed through the Devonian-Carboniferous boundary, in a platform environment. The following formations have been sampled in detail: the upper part of the Dongcun Formation (Upper Famennian), the Etaoucun Formation (Uppermost Famennian = Strunian) and the lower part of the Yaoyunling Formation, Shangyueshan Member (Lower Carboniferous).
Foraminifera, stromatoporoids, tabulate and rugose corals, brachiopods, ostracods, conodonts and vertebrates micro-remains have been investigated and compared with Strunian faunas of the stratotype area (Avesnois, North of France) near Avesnes (Godin), Avesnelles and Etroeungt, where precise bed-to-bed sampling has been done.
Excepting foraminifera, which allow some correlations, the benthic fossil groups present very few taxa in common; this supports the endemism of the South-China Strunian faunas already emphasized by some authors.
