The first Hirnantian (uppermost Ordovician) odontopleurid trilobite from Western Gondwana (Argentina)

Evolutional trends and palaeobiogeography of the Ordovician trilobite

Received Accepted Ovalocephalus has a long stratigraphic range and wide geographical distribution in Ordovician peri-Gondwana. Based largely on the well-preserved specimens recently collected from China, all known forms are revised and listed. Phylogenetic analysis was conducted on the genus, involving 10 species. As suggested by the strict consensus tree, evolutional trends of the genus includ...

Beecher's Trilobite Bed Revisited: Ecology of an Ordovician Deepwater Fauna

Beecher's Trilobite Bed in the Frankfort Shale of New York State preserves an exceptional record of the benthic macrofauna of a Late Ordovician deepwater marine environment. It has long been famous for specimens of the trilobites Triarthrus eatoni (Hall), Cryptolithus bellulus (Ulrich), Primaspis crosotus (Locke), and Cornuproetus beecheri (Ruedemann), new combination, which preserve the ventra...

A synopsis of Ordovician trilobite distribution and diversity

Ordovician trilobites are reviewed based on a new species-level relational database. The stratigraphical ranges of all 56 families with occurrences in the Ordovician are documented and the content, phylogenetic status, diversity and Ordovician distribution by major palaeocontinent/terrane are discussed. Aspects of higher classification are also dealt with. Global sampling is heavily biased towa...

First Haramiyid (Mammalia, Allotheria) from the Mesozoic of Gondwana

A haramiyid tooth is described from the Upper Jurassic of Tendaguru in southwestern Tanzania, East Africa. The specimen, identified tentatively as a lower posterior premolar, is made the holotype of a new taxon, Staffia aenigmatica gen . e t sp. nov. which is placed in the Haramiyida . Staffa gen . nov. shares several features with Thomasia from the Late Triassic to Early Jurassic of Europe, no...

SR/SR isotopic curve for the mid-Cincinnatian (Upper Katian–Lower Hirnantian, Upper Ordovician), NE North American Shelf (Ontario, Canada) transition to the Hirnantian glaciation