New Lower Silurian (Llandovery) encrinurine trilobites from the Mackenzie Mountains, Canada
Silicified encrinurine trilobites from Telychian strata of the Whittaker Formation east of Avalanche Lake, District of Mackenzie, Canada, include Briania jeffersoni n. gen. and sp. and Johntempleia pamae n. gen. and sp. Morphology of Briania suggests an origin near the divergence of Pacificurus from...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0022336000026263 2024-03-03T08:46:23+00:00 New Lower Silurian (Llandovery) encrinurine trilobites from the Mackenzie Mountains, Canada Edgecombe, Gregory D. 1994 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022336000026263 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022336000026263 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Journal of Paleontology volume 68, issue 4, page 824-837 ISSN 0022-3360 1937-2337 Paleontology journal-article 1994 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022336000026263 2024-02-08T08:48:11Z Silicified encrinurine trilobites from Telychian strata of the Whittaker Formation east of Avalanche Lake, District of Mackenzie, Canada, include Briania jeffersoni n. gen. and sp. and Johntempleia pamae n. gen. and sp. Morphology of Briania suggests an origin near the divergence of Pacificurus from the variolaris plexus. Johntempleia also includes Rhuddanian–Aeronian diversity from Scotland, and is resolved as the basal branch of the punctatus plexus. Briania jeffersoni and Johntempleia pamae co-occur with rare taxa of the variolaris plexus (“ Nucleurus ” spp. A and B) in a deep-water assemblage dominated by Cromus and the odontopleurid Stelckaspis. Stratigraphic range data for encrinurine genera identify the late Telychian to early Sheinwoodian as a time of taxonomic turnover. Article in Journal/Newspaper Mackenzie mountains Cambridge University Press Canada Avalanche Lake ENVELOPE(-127.235,-127.235,62.417,62.417) Journal of Paleontology 68 4 824 837 |
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Silicified encrinurine trilobites from Telychian strata of the Whittaker Formation east of Avalanche Lake, District of Mackenzie, Canada, include Briania jeffersoni n. gen. and sp. and Johntempleia pamae n. gen. and sp. Morphology of Briania suggests an origin near the divergence of Pacificurus from the variolaris plexus. Johntempleia also includes Rhuddanian–Aeronian diversity from Scotland, and is resolved as the basal branch of the punctatus plexus. Briania jeffersoni and Johntempleia pamae co-occur with rare taxa of the variolaris plexus (“ Nucleurus ” spp. A and B) in a deep-water assemblage dominated by Cromus and the odontopleurid Stelckaspis. Stratigraphic range data for encrinurine genera identify the late Telychian to early Sheinwoodian as a time of taxonomic turnover. |
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New Lower Silurian (Llandovery) encrinurine trilobites from the Mackenzie Mountains, Canada |
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New Lower Silurian (Llandovery) encrinurine trilobites from the Mackenzie Mountains, Canada |
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New Lower Silurian (Llandovery) encrinurine trilobites from the Mackenzie Mountains, Canada |
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New Lower Silurian (Llandovery) encrinurine trilobites from the Mackenzie Mountains, Canada |
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New Lower Silurian (Llandovery) encrinurine trilobites from the Mackenzie Mountains, Canada |
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new lower silurian (llandovery) encrinurine trilobites from the mackenzie mountains, canada |
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1994 |
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