Silurian ostracods from the Nyalam region, southern Tibet, China and their implications on palaeoenvironment and palaeobiogeography

Song, Junjun; Wen, Guo Chun; Huang, Jiayuan; Zhang, Yichun; Chen, Zhongyang; Sun, Yang; Ma, Juan; Qie, Wenkun

doi:10.1016/j.jop.2021.12.001

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“…Ostracod fossils have great utility for assessing paleobiogeographic isolation, particularly with regard to the breakup of Pangea. Ostracods can also help track global environmental changes through time [2]. In spite of their typically small size, silicified specimens have been recovered from Paleozoic and later limestones showing high-fidelity preservation.…”

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Early Carboniferous Ostracods (Crustacea) from Death Valley, California, USA

McMenamin

2022

Geosciences

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Silicified ostracods from the Tin Mountain Limestone provide new information regarding the Carboniferous paleontology of the Death Valley Region, California, USA. Acid maceration of marine limestones yielded the following ostracods: Acratia spp., Bairdia quasilecta, Bairdia sp. cf. B. orientalis, Ceratobairdia sp., Kirkbya panamintensis sp. nov., Rectobairdia sp. cf. R. legumen, and Silenites sp. This is the first report of Ceratobairdia and Silenites from the Tin Mountain Limestone. These ostracods occupied a carbonate ramp environment that formed during a major Paleozoic transgression. The ostracods played an important paleoecological role, likely as benthic marine scavengers in a shallow marine biotope along the northern shores of Pangea.

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confidence: 99%