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    Prospects for an upper Givetian substage

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    New ammonoid and conodont data from Germany, the Montagne Noire (France) and southeastern Morocco document a complex sequence of sedimentary events and faunal changes within an extended Givetian (late Middle Devonian) Taghanic Event Interval or Taghanic Biocrisis. Direct association of supposed typical middle Givetian ammonoids, trilobites and corals with upper Givetian marker taxa such as pharciceratids have been found, for example, in Moroccan and French time equivalents of the New York Upper Tully Limestone. The initial and eustatic Taghanic Onlap level is not known to be characterized by the first appearance of any widespread index conodont, goniatite or other taxon. A future upper Givetian substage, therefore, might be based either on the entry of Ozarkodina semialternans or on the first appearance of Schmidtognathus hermanni. The semialternans Zone correlates with a third sedimentary cycle within the Tully Limestone and with the spread of the first Pharciceratidae. Eobeloceratidae (Mzerrebites juvenocostatus) and Archoceratidae n. fam. (Atlantoceras). The (Lower) hermanni Zone is marked by a post-event transgression which led to a significant conodont radiation and to a further diversification of Pharciceratidae and Eobeloceratidae (Mz. erraticus). Neue Ammonoideen- und Conodonten-Daten aus Deutschland, Frankreich (Montagne Noire) und aus Südost-Marokko belegen eine komplexe Abfolge sedimentärer Ereignisse und von Faunenwechseln in einem längerfristigen Taghanic-Event-Intervall bzw. einer Taghanic-Biokrise des Givetiums (oberes Mittel-Devon). Direkte Vergesellschaftungen von Ammonoideen, Trilobiten und Korallen, die früher als typische Mittel-Givetium-Formen angesehen wurden, mit Leitformen des Ober-Givetiums (z. B. Pharciceraten) konnten in Marokko und Frankreich in Zeitequivalenten des Oberen Tully-Kalkes von New York nachgewiesen werden. Der initiale und eustatisch bedingte Taghanic Onlap ist bisher nicht durch das Einsetzen eines weit verbreiteten Index-Conodonten, -Goniatiten oder eines Vertreters anderer Fossilgruppen gekennzeichnet. Eine künftige Ober-Givet-Unterstufe sollte daher entweder durch das Einsetzen von Ozarkodina semialternans oder durch das erste Auftreten von Schmidtognathus hermanni definiert werden. Die semialternans-Zone korreliert mit einem dritten Sedimentations-Zyklus im Tully-Kalk und mit der Ausbreitung erster Pharciceratidae, Eobeloceratidae (Mzerrebites juvenocostatus) und Archoceratidae n. fam. (Atlantoceras). Die (Untere) hermanni-Zone ist durch eine Post-Event-Transgression gekennzeichnet, welche eine wichtige Conodonten-Radiation und eine weitere Diversifizierung der Pharciceratidae und Eobeloceratidae (Mz. erraticus) ermöglichte. doi:10.1002/mmng.20010040107</a

    Palynology, microfacies and biostratigraphy across the Daleje Event (Lower Devonian, lower to upper Emsian): new insights from the offshore facies of the Prague Basin, Czech Republic

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    The Zlíchovian/Dalejan boundary interval (Emsian, Lower Devonian) of the Pekárek Mill section was studied employing biostratigraphy (dacryoconarid tentaculites, conodonts) and palynology (chitinozoans, prasinophytes, scolecodonts) and microfacies analysis in order to shed more light on the timing and characteristics of the Daleje Event. The results of our study stress the great importance of the base of the Nowakia elegans Zone for the substage level division of the Emsian. Onset of the Daleje transgression is linked with higher terrigenous input, and coinciding changes in the chitinozoan assemblages were recorded at this level. The transgression at the base of the N. elegans Zone preceded the main transgression taking place in the N. cancellata Zone; it can be correlated with the Upper Zlíchov Event. For the first time, Emsian chitinozoans and a jawed polychaete fauna are described in detail from the Prague Basin and can be correlated with other northern Gondwanan regions. The family-level composition of scolecodont assemblage confirms the dominance of paulinitids in the peri-Gondwanan realm.Fil: Tonarová, Petr. Czech Geological Survey; República ChecaFil: Vodráková, Stanislava. Czech Geological Survey; República ChecaFil: Ferrová, Lenka. Czech Geological Survey; República ChecaFil: de la Puente, Graciela Susana. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Facultad de Ingeniería. Departamento de Geología y Petróleo; ArgentinaFil: Hints, Olle. Institute Of Geology, Tallinn University Of Technology; EstoniaFil: Frýda, Jiří. Czech Geological Survey; República ChecaFil: Kubajko, Michal. Czech Geological Survey; República Chec

    Upper Devonian conodonts of northeastern European Russia

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    Patterns of Diversification and Extinction

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