Phylogeography of Ordovician-Silurian rhynchonelliformean brachiopods: Tracking higher order distributional patterns, radiations and extinctions in 4D

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Abstract

Based on a large data-set, spanning the Ordovician-Early Silurian (Telychian) interval, this study explores the phylogeographic distributional pattern for higher orders of rhynchonelliformean brachiopods through four time slices: Tremadocian, Dapingian-Darriwilian, Katian and Telychian. In addition, a palaeobathymetrical analysis has been conducted for the latter two time slices to assess the phylogenetic impact of the Late Ordovician mass extinctions at various palaeowater depths. Whereas the Tremadocian time slice exhibits phylogenetically simple regions characterized by orthide and porambonitoid taxa, these increase in complexity up through the Ordovician and become dominated by the strophomenides. By the Silurian this phylogentic composition shifted once more to atrypide- and pentameride-dominated faunas.

Original languageEnglish
JournalGFF
Volume136
Issue number1
Pages (from-to)223-228
Number of pages6
ISSN1103-5897
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2014

Keywords

  • Benthic Assemblage zones
  • biodiversity
  • palaeobathymetry
  • phylogeography
  • species pumps

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