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Middle Ordovician (Chazyan) sea-level changes and the evolution of the Ordovician conodont genus Cahabagnathus Bergström, 1983

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

Stephen A. Leslie  and
Oliver Lehnert
Stephen A. Leslie
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 72204 USA,
Oliver Lehnert
Affiliation:
Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille (USTL), Paleontologie–Sciences de la Terre, CNRS, Cite Scientifique SN5, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France,
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Abstract

Two lineages exist for Cahabagnathus. Lineage 1 is C. friendsvillensis–C. chazyensis–C. sweeti–C. carnesi. Three new species are proposed in lineage 2, which consists of C. baueri n. sp.–C. directus–C. cooperi n. sp. and C. craigi n. sp. The distribution pattern of Cahabagnathus was strongly influenced by Chazyan sea-level changes. The wide distributions of C. friendsvillensis and C. sweeti correspond to two large transgressions and the more narrow distribution of C. chazyensis and C. carnesi correspond to regression events. A similar relationship exists between sea-level change and the distribution of species in lineage 2. Evolution of the cahabagnathids was apparently influenced by the rise of sea level, which widely distributed taxa, and the fall of sea level, which isolated taxa. We propose that it was from peripheral isolates of widely distributed taxa that endemic Cahabagnathus taxa (C. baueri, C. cooperi, C. craigi, C. chazyensis, and C. carnesi) evolved.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 79 , Issue 6 , November 2005 , pp. 1131 - 1142
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