Smithian and spathian (early triassic) ammonoid assemblages from terranes: paleoceanographic and paleogeographic implications

• Main Authors: Brayard, A, Escarguel, G, Bucher, H, Brühwiler, T
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2009
• Subjects: Department of Paleontology; 560 Fossils & prehistoric life; Stepping Stones; Alaska
• Online Access: https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/7120/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2008.05.004

Early Triassic paleobiogeography is characterised by the stable supercontinental assembly of Pangea. However, at that time, several terranes such as the South Kitakami Massif (SK), South Primorye (SP) and Chulitna (respectively, and presently located in Japan, eastern Russia and Alaska) straddled th...