简介：Themultivariatestatisticalanalysisisprofitablyapplicabletothestudyofconodontmultielementtaxonomy.R-modeclusteranalysesofquantitativeand0-1dataarecarriedoutheretoclassifymorethan6000discreteLowerTriassicconodontspecimensbelongingto108kindsofconodontelementsfromWesternGuangxi.TheresultsofR—modeclusteranalysisrevealmoredirectlytherelationshipamongmanyisolatedconodontelements,andtheyalsoprovethatthere-sultsofthelogicalinferencearebasicallycorrect,i.e.108kindsofconodontelementscanbeidenti-fiedinto32speciesbelongingto11generaofconodonts.TheapplicationofR-modeclusteranalysismultielementtaxonomybythemethod,hasbroughtabout4significantconclusions,whichcanbeusedbyconodontresearchersasreference.

简介：In1997,IGCPProjectNo.410wasestablishedtoappraiseknownrecordsofOrdovicianbiotas,inordertoevaluateoneofthegreatest-everdiversificationsoflifeonEarth,between489and443millionyearsago.Datacollectionandanalysisofbiodiversitywerecoordinatedthroughsevenregionalteams,andaglobal“clade”team.