RT Journal Article
T1 Cornulitids (tubeworms) from the Late Ordovician Hirnantia fauna of Morocco
A1 Gutiérrez Marco, Juan Carlos
AB Two species of cornulitids, Cornulites gondwanensis sp. nov. and C. aff. shallochensis Reed are described from the Hirnantian of Morocco, within an assemblage representative of the Hirnantia brachiopod fauna occurring near the Ordovician South Pole. The dominance of aggregated and solitary free forms could be explained by particular sedimentary environments preceding the Hirnantian glaciation and the latest Ordovician Extinction Event. The diversity of cornulitids in the Late Ordovician of Gondwana and related terranes was relatively low, and less diverse than the cornulitids of Laurentia and Baltica. Hirnantian cornulitids from Morocco do not resemble Late Ordovician cornulitids of Baltica and Laurentia. Moroccan cornulitids seem to be closely allied to some older Gondwanan cornulitids, especially Sardinian ones. They resemble species described from the Late Ordovician and Llandovery of Scotland suggesting a palaeobiogeographic link.
PB Elsevier
SN 1464-343X
YR 2018
FD 2018-01
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/12031
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/12031
LA eng
NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 28 abr 2024