EARLY LLANDOVERY CHITINOZOANS FROM JORDAN |
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| Authors: | by ANTHONY BUTCHER |
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| Institution: | School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Burnaby Building, Burnaby Road, Portsmouth PO1 3QL, UK;
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| Abstract: | Abstract: Chitinozoans recovered from cores BG-14 and WS-6 in southern and eastern Jordan are described. Sample ages are well-constrained by graptolite data to the ascensus-acuminatus and vesiculosus graptolite biozones. Eighteen chitinozoan taxa are recognized, with Spinachitina fragilis , Plectochitina nodifera , Ancyrochitina laevaensis and Belonechitina postrobusta allowing correlation with both local and global chitinozoan and graptolite biozonations for the Rhuddanian. One new species of chitinozoan is erected, Belonechitina pseudarabiensis sp. nov. |
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| Keywords: | biostratigraphy chitinozoans Gondwana Jordan Llandovery Middle East Rhuddanian Silurian |
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