Warm-water Tcherskidium fauna (Brachiopoda) in the Late Ordovician Northern Hemisphere of Laurentia and peri-Laurentia

• Published in: Journal of Paleontology
• Main Authors: Jin, Jisuo, Blodgett, Robert B., Harper, David A. T., Rasmussen, Christian M. Ø.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: SILJAN DISTRICT; TERRANES; BALTICA; GENERA; ISLAND; Greenland; Kolyma; South Pole; North Greenland; South pole; Alaska; Siberia
• Online Access: https://curis.ku.dk/portal/da/publications/warmwater-tcherskidium-fauna-brachiopoda-in-the-late-ordovician-northern-hemisphere-of-laurentia-and-perilaurentia(e3452e17-1dda-46c3-8db2-2c4a2b353b01).html; https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2022.58; https://curis.ku.dk/ws/files/358562026/warm_water_tcherskidium_fauna_brachiopoda_in_the_late_ordovician_northern_hemisphere_of_laurentia_and_peri_laurentia.pdf

The Late Ordovician (late Katian) Tcherskidium fauna consisted of large- and thick-shelled virgianid pentamerid brachiopods characterized by large and ribbed shells of Tcherskidium and Proconchidium and usually associated with Holorhynchus, Deloprosopus, and Eoconchidium. This unique fauna was widel...