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- Title
Environmental control on temporal and spatial differentiation of Early Silurian pentameride brachiopod communities, Anticosti Island, eastern Canada.
- Authors
Jin, Jisuo
- Abstract
The Early Silurian carbonate succession of Anticosti Island, eastern Canada, contains a rich and diverse pentameride brachiopod fauna. Multivariate analyses of 91 samples (total 17 230 specimens) confirm a high degree of temporal segregation but only moderate spatial differentiation of the Virgiana, Pentamerus, Stricklandia, Ehlersella, Microcardinalia, and Clorinda communities. Most pentameride communities show a wider range of water depth than previously believed. The V. barrandei Community occupied a substrate setting from lower BA2 to upper BA3, whereas the V. mayvillensis Community lived mainly in BA4. The P. oblongus Community preferred a BA3 setting, comparable to the classic Pentamerus Community, but the P. palaformis Community was predominantly BA4. The stricklandiid communities have a high β diversity, dominated by various species of Stricklandia, Ehlersella, Microcardinalia, and Kulumbella, and occurred most commonly in BA4, but could extend to BA3 environments. The Clorinda Community of Anticosti Island preferred deep and quiet water settings, comparable to its widely accepted BA5 assignment elsewhere. At the generic level, the Virgiana, Pentamerus, and the stricklandiid communities have a largely overlapping BA range, but a clear stratigraphical separation. Thus, their temporal alternations were not likely controlled by water depth, water turbulence, or substrate conditions, but by fluctuating ocean water temperature, as suggested by chemostratigraphical and paleobiogeographical evidence.
- Subjects
ANTICOSTI Island (Quebec); QUEBEC (Province); ENVIRONMENTAL policy; ENVIRONMENTAL engineering; PENTAMERIDA; BRACHIOPODA; INVERTEBRATES; ANIMAL diversity; HABITATS
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 2008, Vol 45, Issue 2, p159
- ISSN
0008-4077
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1139/E07-045