The latest Ordovician Hirnantian brachiopod faunas: new global insights

J Rong, DAT Harper, B Huang, R Li, X Zhang… - Earth-Science …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
The temporal and spatial distribution of Hirnantian brachiopod faunas are reviewed based
on a new, comprehensive dataset from over 20 palaeoplates and terranes, a revised …

[HTML][HTML] The end-Ordovician mass extinction: a single-pulse event?

G Wang, R Zhan, IG Percival - Earth-Science Reviews, 2019‏ - Elsevier
The end-Ordovician mass extinction (EOME) is widely interpreted as consisting of two
pulses associated with the onset and demise of the Gondwana glaciation, respectively, with …

Divergent evolutionary trajectories of bryophytes and tracheophytes from a complex common ancestor of land plants

BJ Harris, JW Clark, D Schrempf, GJ Szöllősi… - Nature Ecology & …, 2022‏ - nature.com
The origin of plants and their colonization of land fundamentally transformed the terrestrial
environment. Here we elucidate the basis of this formative episode in Earth history through …

A Cenozoic-style scenario for the end-Ordovician glaciation

JF Ghienne, A Desrochers… - Nature …, 2014‏ - nature.com
The end-Ordovician was an enigmatic interval in the Phanerozoic, known for massive
glaciation potentially at elevated CO2 levels, biogeochemical cycle disruptions recorded as …

Graptoloid evolutionary rates track Ordovician–Silurian global climate change

RA Cooper, PM Sadler, A Munnecke… - Geological …, 2014‏ - cambridge.org
Graptoloid evolutionary dynamics show a marked contrast from the Ordovician to the
Silurian. Subdued extinction and origination rates during the Ordovician give way, during the …

Ordovician stable carbon isotope stratigraphy in the Tarim Basin, NW China

Y Zhang, A Munnecke - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Tarim Basin, located in NW-China, represents one of China's major
palaeoplates. Its palaeogeographic position in the Ordovician, however, is debated. In this …

Do red marine carbonates represent oxic environments? New understanding from the Upper Ordovician marine limestone in Tarim Basin, China

M Liu, D Chen, H Ma, Y Ding - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2025‏ - Elsevier
Marine red beds (MRBs), typically colored by Fe-and Mn-rich minerals, are often interpreted
as indicators of bottom water oxygenation. However, their continuous formation requires …

Carbon isotope (δ13Ccarb) stratigraphy of the Lower–Middle Ordovician (Tremadocian–Darriwilian) in the Great Basin, western United States: implications for global …

CT Edwards, MR Saltzman - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2014‏ - Elsevier
New stable carbon isotope data (δ 13 C carb) from Lower–Middle Ordovician (Tremadocian
to Darriwilian) carbonate mudstone and wackestone rocks of the Pogonip Group are …

Hirnantian (latest Ordovician) δ13C chemostratigraphy in southern Sweden and globally: a refined integration with the graptolite and conodont zone successions

SM Bergstroem, ME Eriksson, SA Young, P Ahlberg… - Gff, 2014‏ - Taylor & Francis
The δ13Corg chemostratigraphy of the Hirnantian and lower Rhuddanian in the
biostratigraphically well-controlled Röstånga-1 drillcore from west-central Scania is used for …

Integrated conodont biostratigraphy and carbon isotope chemostratigraphy in the Lower–Middle Ordovician of southern Sweden reveals a complete record of the …

R Wu, M Calner, O Lehnert - Geological Magazine, 2017‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
One of the few and most complete records of the MDICE (Middle Darriwilian Isotope Carbon
Excursion) is herein documented from Baltoscandia. Based on a core section penetrating …