Paleolatitudinal morpho-gradient of the early Silurian brachiopod Pentameroides in Laurentia

• Main Authors: Gushulak, Cale Anthony Camille, Jin, Jisuo, Rudkin, David M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: NRC Research Press (a division of Canadian Science Publishing) 2015
• Subjects: Akimiski Island; Attawapiskat; Fossil Hill; Jupiter; Nunavut; Akimiski island
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/71998; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/cjes-2015-0183

Pentameroides is a large-shelled pentameride brachiopod, which was widespread throughout Laurentia in the early Silurian (Telychian). Evolving from Pentamerus in the early Telychian, it dispersed from its subtropical/high tropical origin to sub-equatorial intracratonic seas by the late Llandovery. I...