Chitinozoan biostratigraphy of the Upper Ordovician Greenscoe section, Southern Lake District, UK
Van Nieuwenhove, N.; Vandenbroucke, T.R.A.; Verniers, J. (2006). Chitinozoan biostratigraphy of the Upper Ordovician Greenscoe section, Southern Lake District, UK. Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol. 139(1-4): 151-169. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2005.07.009
In: Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. Elsevier: Tokyo; Oxford; Lausanne; New York; Shannon; London; Amsterdam. ISSN 0034-6667; e-ISSN 1879-0615, more
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| Keywords |
Geological time > Phanerozoic > Paleozoic > Palaeozoic > Ordovician > Ordovician, Upper
Chitinozoa
Marine/Coastal |
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chitinozoa; Upper Ordovician; Avalonia; biozonation; Greenscoe; Lake District |
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- Van Nieuwenhove, N.
- Vandenbroucke, T.R.A.
- Verniers, J., more
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| Abstract |
Nineteen samples taken in the Upper Ordovician Kirkley Bank Formation at the recent Greenscoe section yielded a rich and moderately to well preserved chitinozoan assemblage, in spite of a high Conodont Colour Alteration Index. Within the assemblage, the Baltoscandian Fungochitina spinifera Biozone could be recognized, indicating a strong faunal exchange between the Baltica palaeocontinent and the Avalonian palaeomicrocontinent during the Late Ordovician. This biozone allowed a strong correlation with new chitinozoan biozonations in the Cautley district and Cross Fell Inlier, resulting in a late Onnian to early Cautleyan age for the Kirkley Bank Formation at Greenscoe. |
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