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    FaciÚs du Cambrien inférieur et moyen de la mer Morte (Jordanie); signification paléoenvironmentale

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    Les microfossiles extraits des calcaires de la formation cambrienne de Valdemiedes (ChaĂźnes ibĂ©riques, NE Espagne) mettent en Ă©vidence l’essor d’une microfaune Ă©pibenthique Ă  caractĂšre encroĂ»tant (composĂ©e de foraminifĂšres et de serpulidĂ©s), qui a infestĂ© les substrats durs fournis par des coquilles en milieu non-rĂ©cifal. Elle semble avoir exploitĂ© les niches Ă©cologiques liĂ©es auparasitisme et/oucommensalisme sous des conditions environnementales d’énergie basse Ă  modĂ©rĂ©e. MalgrĂ© le caractĂšre grĂ©gaire de l’épifaune, la prĂ©sence de recouvrements squelettiques est rare, ce qui traduit un taux faible de compĂ©tition spatiale. Les foraminifĂšres Ă  paroi agglutinĂ©e, de type psammosphaeridĂ©, Ă©taient capables de dissoudre partiellement les coquilles carbonatĂ©es qu’ils encroĂ»taient : malgrĂ© l’absence de perforations, des cicatrices de cet encroĂ»tement sont visibles sur la face interne des coquilles. Ces deux taxons opportunistes ont rĂ©agi de façon diffĂ©rente au remplacement des communautĂ©s benthiques reprĂ©sentĂ© par l’évĂ©nement Valdemiedes : les psammosphaeridĂ©s ont traversĂ© cet Ă©vĂ©nement avec un pic d’abondance dans le niveau stratigraphique de reconquĂȘte de l’écosystĂšme, tandis que les serpulidĂ©s, dominants Ă  ce niveau, sont absents ou extrĂȘmement rares en conditions normales

    Cambrian microfauna and palecology of the Campo Pisano Formation at Gutturu Pala (Iglesiente, SW Sardinia, Italy)

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    The microfossil content of nodular limestones of the late Early to Middle Cambrian Campo Pisano Formation from the Gutturu Pala section of southwestern Sardinia is described and discussed with respect to palaeoecological conditions. Based on detailed facies investigations, the vertical succession of the sedimentary evolution and fossil distribution is interpreted as an environmental change from shallow-subtidal conditions at the beginning of the Campo Pisano Formation to at least deep-subtidal conditions at its end. Due to the faunal characteristics, an interim shallowing during that process is likely. A dramatic facies replacement with the onset of the Campo Pisano Formation indicates a strong reorganisation of the environment, explained by tectonic instability of the platform, accompanied by moderate sea-level rise and palaeogeographical and maybe climate changes. During most of the time, the persistence of only one palaeoecological assemblage indicates a more or less stable, open marine, deeper subtidal environment for most of the Campo Pisano time. Among the taxa represented in the highly fossiliferous sediments, trilobites, echinoderms, brachiopods, and poriferids predominates; further elements are chancellorids, hyolithids, pelagiellids, hyolitheminthids, and bradoriids arthropods. This occurrence in the Campo Pisano Formation is published here for the first time. The following bradoriid and trilobite species are newly introduced: Hipponicharion ichnusum n. sp., Condylopyge antiqua n. sp., and – described in open nomenclature – Clavigellus? n. sp
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