Ordovician Rafinesquinine Brachiopods from peri-Gondwana
Resumen: The study of the strophomenide brachiopods of the subfamily Rafinesquininae present in the main Upper Ordovician sections, representing the Mediterranean margin of Gondwana, has revealed an increase in diversity of the group at the region during that time. The studied collections are from the Moroccan Anti-Atlas, the Iberian and the Armorican massifs, the Iberian Chains, Pyrenees, Montagne Noire, Sardinia, and Bohemia. Two genera of the subfamily Rafinesquininae have been recorded. Of them, the cosmopolitan Rafinesquina is the only one previously reported from the region and Kjaerina is found for the first time outside Avalonia, Baltica, and Laurentia. Additionally, two new subgenera have been described, Kjaerina (Villasina) and Rafinesquina (Mesogeina). Furthermore, the new species Rafinesquina (Mesogeina) gabianensis, Rafinesquina (Mesogeina) loredensis, Kjaerina (Kjaerina) gondwanensis, Kjaerina (Villasina) pedronaensis, Kjaerina (Villasina) pyrenaica, and Kjaerina (Villasina) meloui have been described. In addition, other species of these genera previously known from isolated localities in the region, such as Rafinesquina pseudoloricata, Rafinesquina pomoides, and Hedstroemina almadenensis are revised and their geographic range expanded. The adaptive radiation experienced by the rafinesquinines at the Mediterranean region during middle to late Katian, was probably related to changes in the regime of sedimentation and water temperature caused by the global warming Boda event.
Idioma: Inglés
DOI: 10.4202/app.00102.2014
Año: 2016
Publicado en: ACTA PALAEONTOLOGICA POLONICA 61, 2 (2016), 293-326
ISSN: 0567-7920

Factor impacto JCR: 1.565 (2016)
Categ. JCR: PALEONTOLOGY rank: 18 / 53 = 0.34 (2016) - Q2 - T2
Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.754 - Paleontology (Q1)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/E17
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/CGL2012-39471
Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

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