A high-precision global biostratigraphy of myodocope ostracods for the Silurian upper Wenlock Series and Ludlow Series

The wide, trans-oceanic geographical distribution of myodocope ostracods during the Silurian (especially during the Ludlow and Pridoli epochs), and their widespread preservation in rocks of that age, permits the establishment of a transcontinental biostratigraphy of comparable resolution to coeval g...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Lethaia
Main Authors: Perrier, Vincent, Williams, Mark, Siveter, David J, Palmer, Douglas, Steeman, Thomas, Vandenbroucke, Thijs
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2020
Subjects:
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Biology and Life Sciences
HEREFORDSHIRE
ENTOMOZOE
Biogeography
biostratigraphy
Myodocopa
Ostracoda
Silurian
Arctic
Online Access:https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8633972
http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8633972
https://doi.org/10.1111/let.12357
https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8633972/file/8633975
Description
Summary:The wide, trans-oceanic geographical distribution of myodocope ostracods during the Silurian (especially during the Ludlow and Pridoli epochs), and their widespread preservation in rocks of that age, permits the establishment of a transcontinental biostratigraphy of comparable resolution to coeval graptolite/chitinozoan/conodont biozones. Seven myodocope biozones, extending from the Homerian Stage, upper Wenlock Series Cyrtograptus lundgreni graptolite biozone to the middle part of the Ludfordian Stage of the Ludlow Series, enable a time-resolution for each biozone of circa 1 million years. These biozones can provide high-resolution correlation across Europe into Arctic Russia and Central Asia. There is also the potential for a myodocope biostratigraphy applicable from the uppermost Silurian (Pridoli) to the Carboniferous.

Similar Items