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Abstract
Early and early Middle Ordovician crinoids are rare globally, and are best known from North America and the British Isles. The first Arenig crinoid from the Arabian Peninsula is Iocrinus sp. cf. I. subcrassus (Meek and Worthen), known from two near-complete individuals, and numerous fragmentary specimens and ossicles. These are the stratigraphically oldest Iocrinus specimens, and provide an unexpected extension of the palaeogeographical range of a genus known otherwise from slightly younger deposits in Laurentia (North America) and Avalonia (Wales). The Oman specimens differ from Gondwanan Heviacrinus melendezi Gil Cid et al., currently classified as a maennilicrinid, but morphologically close to Iocrinus, in having arms that branch at least seven times instead of four and in having columnals typical of Iocrinus. Three species from Wales and the Welsh Borders, previously placed in Iocrinus, but differing in having smooth, conical dorsal cups, are reclassified as Margoiocrinus Donovan gen. nov., type species Iocrinus shelvensis Ramsbottom.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 525-533 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Palaeontology |
Volume | 54 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 May 2011 |
Keywords
- Heviacrinus
- Arabian Peninsula
- Iocrinidae
- Margoiocrinus
- systematics
- palaeogeography
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The Ordovician Radiation of Fish: a Gondwanan Perspective on Diversification in Fluctuating Palaeoenvironments
Natural Environment Research Council
9/09/04 → 8/12/07
Project: Research Councils