Kulm trilobites (Lower Carboniferous) from S-China

Some trilobite remains are described from the Lower Carboniferous/Mississippian (Tournaisian/Viséan boundary) of S-China, representing two species:Liobole (Liobole) devuysti n. sp. andLiobole (Sulcubole) xiangzhouensis n. sp.Liobole is a typical member of the central European Kulm Facies and index fossil for the Erdbachian. For the first time, twoLiobole species are recorded from outside of Europe. They demonstrate that a passage existed between Europe and East Asia across the Palaeotethys through which Kulm trilobites have occupied new geographical regions.