Latest Ordovician to earliest Silurian graptolites of northwest Peninsular Malaysia

Saparin, M.A. and Ismail, M.S. (2023) Latest Ordovician to earliest Silurian graptolites of northwest Peninsular Malaysia. Journal of Paleontology, 97 (2). pp. 395-420.

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Abstract

Graptolites from the latest Ordovician to the earliest Silurian rocks of northwest Peninsular Malaysia are described and reviewed. The fossils were collected previously by C. R. Jones and presently by the authors inside the black mudstones from the basal section of Tanjung Dendang Formation in Pulau Langgun, Langkawi, which comprises assemblages from the Hirnantian Metabolograptus extraordinarius Biozone to the Rhuddanian Akidograptus ascensus-Parakidograptus acuminatus Biozone. The latest Ordovician strata also include a Hirnantia fauna bed between the Metabolograptus extraordinarius and Metabolograptus persculptus biozones, in which shelly fossils such as Mucronaspis sp. could be recovered. A revised graptolite biozonation is proposed for the latest Ordovician to the earliest Silurian succession of northwest Peninsular Malaysia. This interval is significant for understanding the extent of mass extinction events happening right at the end of the Ordovician period and subsequent faunal change in the region. Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Paleontological Society.

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Uncontrolled Keywords: basal area; biozonation; fossil record; graptolite; Ordovician; Ordovician-Silurian boundary; succession
Depositing User: Mr Ahmad Suhairi UTP
Date Deposited: 04 Jun 2024 14:11
Last Modified: 04 Jun 2024 14:11
URI: https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/id/eprint/18705

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