Coordinated biotic and abiotic change during the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event: Darriwilian assembly of early Paleozoic building blocks
Abstract The Ordovician Period records an extraordinary biodiversity increase known as the
Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event (GOBE), which coincided with a series of …
Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event (GOBE), which coincided with a series of …
Co-evolution of oceans, climate, and the biosphere during the 'Ordovician Revolution': a review
The Ordovician Period (~ 485-444 Ma) was an interval of major, causally interconnected 15
changes in the Earth's biotic, climatic, and environmental systems. The diversity of marine …
changes in the Earth's biotic, climatic, and environmental systems. The diversity of marine …
Large–scale heterogeneity of the fossil record: implications for Phanerozoic biodiversity studies
AB Smith - … Transactions of the Royal Society of London …, 2001 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Patterns of origination, extinction and standing diversity through time have been inferred
from tallies of taxa preserved in the fossil record. This approach assumes that sampling of …
from tallies of taxa preserved in the fossil record. This approach assumes that sampling of …
Origination and extinction through the Phanerozoic: a new approach
M Foote - The Journal of Geology, 2003 - journals.uchicago.edu
Temporal patterns of origination and extinction are essential components of many
paleontological studies, but it has been difficult to obtain accurate rate estimates because …
paleontological studies, but it has been difficult to obtain accurate rate estimates because …
The quality of the fossil record: a sequence stratigraphic perspective
SM Holland - Paleobiology, 2000 - cambridge.org
As paleobiology continues to address an ever broader array of questions, it becomes
increasingly important to interpret confidently the meaning of the pattern of fossil …
increasingly important to interpret confidently the meaning of the pattern of fossil …
Gradient ecology of a biotic invasion: biofacies of the type Cincinnatian Series (Upper Ordovician), Cincinnati, Ohio region, USA
Recent studies have emphasized that faunal change is typically brief and most commonly
occurs at sequence boundaries and major flooding surfaces. The Upper Ordovician of the …
occurs at sequence boundaries and major flooding surfaces. The Upper Ordovician of the …
Katian (Upper Ordovician) δ13C chemostratigraphy and sequence stratigraphy in the United States and Baltoscandia: a regional comparison
SM Bergström, S Young, B Schmitz - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2010 - Elsevier
δ13C values of numerous limestone samples from Katian (Upper Ordovician) successions in
Oklahoma and the Upper Mississippi Valley document the presence of at least three of the …
Oklahoma and the Upper Mississippi Valley document the presence of at least three of the …
Marine diversity through the Phanerozoic: problems and prospects
AB Smith - Journal of the Geological Society, 2007 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The fossil record provides direct evidence of how diversity has changed over time, but
cannot be taken at face value. Diversity curves constructed from counting taxa in the rock …
cannot be taken at face value. Diversity curves constructed from counting taxa in the rock …
Dispersal in the Ordovician: speciation patterns and paleobiogeographic analyses of brachiopods and trilobites
Abstract The Middle to Late Ordovician was a time of profound biotic diversification,
paleoecological change, and major climate shifts. Yet studies examining speciation …
paleoecological change, and major climate shifts. Yet studies examining speciation …
Late Middle Ordovician environmental change and extinction: Harbinger of the Late Ordovician or continuation of Cambrian patterns?
Positive excursions in carbon isotope compositions of carbonate (∼ 3‰) and organic
carbon (∼ 4‰–6‰) from the late Middle Ordovician (middle Caradocian) of the …
carbon (∼ 4‰–6‰) from the late Middle Ordovician (middle Caradocian) of the …