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Locations of studied sections are shown in Fig. 1. GPTS Geomagnetic polarity timescale. FAD First appearance datums of index microfossils. Tls Tuluanshan Formation; k Kangkou Limestone. See details of stratigraphic correlation in Supplementary Figs. 1, 2.