Marine ostracod provinciality in the Late Ordovician of palaeocontinental Laurentia and its environmental and geographical expression.

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Mohibullah Mohibullah, Mark Williams, Thijs R A Vandenbroucke, Koen Sabbe, Jan A Zalasiewicz
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Foxe Basin
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0041682; https://doaj.org/article/2705a4e303364bdeab92d336e962b7fa

BACKGROUND: We examine the environmental, climatic and geographical controls on tropical ostracod distribution in the marine Ordovician of North America. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Analysis of the inter-regional distribution patterns of Ordovician Laurentian ostracods, focussing particularly on...