Magnetostratigraphic studies of 112 cores specimens (249 samples) in a Precambrian-Cambrian section at Meishucun, Jinning County, Yunnan Province reveal the following: (ⅰ) Around the Sinian-Cambrian boundary in the Meishucun section existed a mixed polarity zone in which the Meishucun fauna went through an evolution of appearance—flourish—extinction. (ⅱ) The Meishucun section had a paleolatitude of no more than 20° during the Sinian-Cambrian, The phosphate deposits in this region and in the Zhongyicun Member were formed in the low-latitude environments.
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