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Appendix 1Microfossils identified from samples of the Carboniferous Mai Po Member by ChinaCorelab (CC), Shekou, Shenzhen, and Guangdong Institute of Geological Sciences (GIGS)HK 7250,14600 21150, West Brother Island (CC)Calamospora breviradiataCalamospora sp.Densosporites annulatusTriquitrites trivalvisLaevigatosporites sp.Leiotriletes sp.HK 9284, 02765 13075, Tai O, Lantau Island (GIGS)Gorgonisphaehdium ? sp.Knoxisporites litheratus (Waltz) PlayfordKnoxisporites sp.Laevigatosporites sp.Lycospora sp.Lycospora pusilla (Ibrahim)The organic residue recovered from this sample contained a few miospores. Knoxisporiteslitheratus, Lycospora pusilla and Gorgonisphaeridium sp. indicate a Carboniferous age inSouth China.HK 8433,13245 13350, Sunset Peak (GIGS)In No. 8433 some badly preserved inside cores were found and identified as Bairdia sp.,Cytherellina sp., Amphissites sp. and Parapachites sp. The latter three genera may be LatePalaeozoic in age.Age: ?Late Palaeozoic159
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