A late ordovician planktic assemblage with exceptionally preserved soft- bodied problematica from the martinsburg formation, Pennsylvania
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ftleicester:oai:lra.le.ac.uk:2381/41455 2023-05-15T17:09:33+02:00 A late ordovician planktic assemblage with exceptionally preserved soft- bodied problematica from the martinsburg formation, Pennsylvania Meyer, M. B Ganis, G. R Wittmer, J. M Zalasiewicz, JAN. A De Baets, K 2018-04-05T15:55:31Z https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/palaios/article-lookup?doi=10.2110/palo.2017.036 http://hdl.handle.net/2381/41455 https://doi.org/10.2110/palo.2017.036 en eng Society for Sedimentary Geology http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000425588300004&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=8c4e325952a993be76947405d4bce7d5 PALAIOS, 2018, 33 (1), pp. 36-46 0883-1351 https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/palaios/article-lookup?doi=10.2110/palo.2017.036 http://hdl.handle.net/2381/41455 doi:10.2110/palo.2017.036 Copyright © 2018, Society for Sedimentary Geology. Deposited with reference to the publisher’s open access archiving policy. (http://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved) Science & Technology Physical Sciences Life Sciences & Biomedicine Geology Paleontology BURGESS SHALE-TYPE BIODIVERSIFICATION EVENT SHELLY FOSSILS MACKENZIE MOUNTAINS NORTHWESTERN CANADA COMPRESSION FOSSILS BRITISH-COLUMBIA EARLY MOLLUSKS MARINE LIFE EVOLUTION Journal Article Article;Journal 2018 ftleicester https://doi.org/10.2110/palo.2017.036 2019-03-22T20:25:06Z The file associated with this record is under embargo until 12 months after publication, in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. The full text may be available through the publisher links provided above. Here we report a locality containing exceptionally preserved (soft-bodied) fossils of mid-Late Ordovician age from the geologically complex Martinsburg Formation in central Pennsylvania. The fossils, which resemble specimens from Burgess Shale-type deposits, include enigmatic specimens (problematica) and phyllocarid arthropods (with preserved appendages) which are associated with graptolites. The locality is notable for preservation of a low diversity community of soft-bodied planktic animals, likely captured and rapidly buried by a turbidity current. The problematica lack sufficient anatomical detail for confident systematic placement; however, they can be superficially compared to a number of possible metazoans including: nominally/non- shelled mollusks (including veligers), cnidarians, lophophorates, or possibly aberrant tube-dwelling priapulids or polychaetes. Overall, the problematica may belong to one (or several) extinct clades or some unknown clade of animal life. The complex geologic history of the region has reduced the resolution of the problematica's original exceptional preservation, yet the fossils retain many key features. Hence, this locality has implications for our understanding of exceptional preservation, its alteration over geological history, and the planktic communities of “The Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event” (GOBE) in the planktic realm. Peer-reviewed Post-print Article in Journal/Newspaper Mackenzie mountains University of Leicester: Leicester Research Archive (LRA) Canada British Columbia ENVELOPE(-125.003,-125.003,54.000,54.000) Burgess ENVELOPE(76.128,76.128,-69.415,-69.415) PALAIOS 33 1 36 46 |
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Science & Technology Physical Sciences Life Sciences & Biomedicine Geology Paleontology BURGESS SHALE-TYPE BIODIVERSIFICATION EVENT SHELLY FOSSILS MACKENZIE MOUNTAINS NORTHWESTERN CANADA COMPRESSION FOSSILS BRITISH-COLUMBIA EARLY MOLLUSKS MARINE LIFE EVOLUTION Meyer, M. B Ganis, G. R Wittmer, J. M Zalasiewicz, JAN. A De Baets, K A late ordovician planktic assemblage with exceptionally preserved soft- bodied problematica from the martinsburg formation, Pennsylvania |
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The file associated with this record is under embargo until 12 months after publication, in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. The full text may be available through the publisher links provided above. Here we report a locality containing exceptionally preserved (soft-bodied) fossils of mid-Late Ordovician age from the geologically complex Martinsburg Formation in central Pennsylvania. The fossils, which resemble specimens from Burgess Shale-type deposits, include enigmatic specimens (problematica) and phyllocarid arthropods (with preserved appendages) which are associated with graptolites. The locality is notable for preservation of a low diversity community of soft-bodied planktic animals, likely captured and rapidly buried by a turbidity current. The problematica lack sufficient anatomical detail for confident systematic placement; however, they can be superficially compared to a number of possible metazoans including: nominally/non- shelled mollusks (including veligers), cnidarians, lophophorates, or possibly aberrant tube-dwelling priapulids or polychaetes. Overall, the problematica may belong to one (or several) extinct clades or some unknown clade of animal life. The complex geologic history of the region has reduced the resolution of the problematica's original exceptional preservation, yet the fossils retain many key features. Hence, this locality has implications for our understanding of exceptional preservation, its alteration over geological history, and the planktic communities of “The Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event” (GOBE) in the planktic realm. Peer-reviewed Post-print |
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Meyer, M. B Ganis, G. R Wittmer, J. M Zalasiewicz, JAN. A De Baets, K |
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Meyer, M. B Ganis, G. R Wittmer, J. M Zalasiewicz, JAN. A De Baets, K |
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A late ordovician planktic assemblage with exceptionally preserved soft- bodied problematica from the martinsburg formation, Pennsylvania |
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A late ordovician planktic assemblage with exceptionally preserved soft- bodied problematica from the martinsburg formation, Pennsylvania |
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A late ordovician planktic assemblage with exceptionally preserved soft- bodied problematica from the martinsburg formation, Pennsylvania |
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A late ordovician planktic assemblage with exceptionally preserved soft- bodied problematica from the martinsburg formation, Pennsylvania |
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A late ordovician planktic assemblage with exceptionally preserved soft- bodied problematica from the martinsburg formation, Pennsylvania |
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late ordovician planktic assemblage with exceptionally preserved soft- bodied problematica from the martinsburg formation, pennsylvania |
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Society for Sedimentary Geology |
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ENVELOPE(-125.003,-125.003,54.000,54.000) ENVELOPE(76.128,76.128,-69.415,-69.415) |
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