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Ostracods from Upper Ordovician (Katian) carbonate lithofacies in southwest Scotland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2010

M. MOHIBULLAH ,
J. AFZAL ,
M. WILLIAMS ,
T. MEIDLA ,
D. J. SIVETER  and
J. A. ZALASIEWICZ
M. MOHIBULLAH*
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK Department of Geology, University of Balochistan, Quetta, Pakistan
J. AFZAL
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK National Centre of Excellence in Geology, University of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
M. WILLIAMS
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
T. MEIDLA
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, 14A Ravila Str., Tartu 50411, Estonia
D. J. SIVETER
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
J. A. ZALASIEWICZ
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
*
‡Author for correspondence: mk241@le.ac.uk
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Abstract

The Ordovician Craighead Limestone Formation of southwest Scotland was formed on a carbonate platform on the eastern tropical margin of the Laurentia palaeocontinent during the early Katian (c. 456 Ma). It yields the most diverse and well-preserved ostracod fauna yet recovered from the Scottish Ordovician succession, with some 25 species divisible into two distinct marine biotopes comprising shallow lagoonal and deeper platform margin settings, respectively. The ostracods show strong biogeographic links at species-level with Sandbian and early Katian faunas of North America, including Krausella arcuata, Steusloffina cuneata, Monoceratella teres and species of Levisulculus and Platybolbina. However, many of the ostracod genera that characterize the Craighead Limestone Formation have earlier origins in the Baltica palaeocontinent, suggesting enhanced migration of species from mid- (Baltica about 30° S) to low (Laurentia) latitudes in the late Sandbian and early Katian interval. Such Baltica-origin genera include Distobolbina, Kiesowia and Platybolbina. Notable is the wide biogeographic occurrence of Steusloffina cuneata, extending from warm tropical Laurentia to cooler high-latitude Gondwana, an enormous latitudinal range for a shelf-dwelling marine species. The possible Tvaerenellidae taxon Duoarcus levigatus gen. et sp. nov. is described.

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ostracodsOrdovicianScotlandpalaeogeographypalaeoecology
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Geological Magazine , Volume 147 , Issue 6 , November 2010 , pp. 919 - 939
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