Timing and patterns of the great Ordovician biodiversification event and Late Ordovician mass extinction: perspectives from South China

Y Deng, J Fan, S Zhang, X Fang, Z Chen, Y Shi… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
The early Paleozoic sediments document two major biological events: the Great Ordovician
Biodiversification Event (GOBE) and Late Ordovician mass extinction (LOME). Many …

End Ordovician extinctions: a coincidence of causes

DAT Harper, EU Hammarlund, CMØ Rasmussen - Gondwana Research, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The end Ordovician (Hirnantian) extinction was the first of the five big Phanerozoic
extinction events, and the first that involved metazoan-based communities. It comprised two …

[图书][B] Biology and evolution of the mollusca, volume 1

WF Ponder, DR Lindberg, JM Ponder - 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
Molluscs comprise the second largest phylum of animals (after arthropods), occurring in
virtually all habitats. Some are commercially important, a few are pests and some carry …

No (Cambrian) explosion and no (Ordovician) event: a single long-term radiation in the early Palaeozoic

T Servais, B Cascales-Miñana, DAT Harper… - Palaeogeography …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Cambrian 'Explosion', located by many authors between 540 and 520 million
years ago (Ma), is considered to be an abrupt appearance in the fossil record of most animal …

The great Ordovician biodiversification event (GOBE): definition, concept and duration

T Servais, DAT Harper - Lethaia, 2018 - idunn.no
The Ordovician biodiversification has been recognized since the 1960s; the term 'The Great
Ordovician Biodiversification Event', abbreviated by many as the 'GOBE', has been used for …

Environmental changes in the Late Ordovician–early Silurian: Review and new insights from black shales and nitrogen isotopes

MJ Melchin, CE Mitchell, C Holmden, P Štorch - Bulletin, 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Late Ordovician (Katian-Hirnantian) through earliest Silurian (Rhuddanian)
interval was a time of varying climate and sea level, marked by a peak glacial episode in the …

Five hundred million years of extinction and recovery: a Phanerozoic survey of large‐scale diversity patterns in fishes

M Friedman, LC Sallan - Palaeontology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Fishes include more than half of all living animals with backbones, but large‐scale
palaeobiological patterns in this assemblage have not received the same attention as those …

Devonian climate, sea level and evolutionary events: an introduction

RT Becker, P Königshof, CE Brett - Geological Society, London …, 2016 - lyellcollection.org
The face of Planet Earth has changed significantly through geological time. Dynamic
processes active today, such as plate tectonics and climate change, have shaped the Earth's …

Molecular clocks indicate turnover and diversification of modern coleoid cephalopods during the Mesozoic Marine Revolution

AR Tanner, D Fuchs, IE Winkelmann… - … of the Royal …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Coleoid cephalopod molluscs comprise squid, cuttlefish and octopuses, and represent
nearly the entire diversity of modern cephalopods. Sophisticated adaptations such as the …

The onset of the 'Ordovician Plankton Revolution'in the late Cambrian

T Servais, V Perrier, T Danelian, C Klug… - Palaeogeography …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The 'Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event'comprises the rapid diversification of
marine organisms during the Ordovician Period. It is now clear that this adaptive radiation …