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Mats Eriksson

Mats Eriksson

Professor

Mats Eriksson

The palaeobiogeography of Silurian ramphoprionid Polychaete annelids

Author

  • Mats Eriksson

Summary, in English

Silurian palaeobiogeography of the Ramphoprionidae (Annelida; Polychaeta) is outlined. Members of the family are reported from northern Europe (Estonia, Sweden and England), the Russian Arctic (Severnaya Zemlya), and the Canadian Arctic (Baillie-Hamilton Island), These areas were located fairly close to the palacoequator during the Silurian and a faunal exchange is indicated by the broad, intercontinental distribution of the family. A few taxa may, however, have been endemic, Ramphoprionids had long stratigraphical ranges and were generally fairly rare during the Silurian, infrequently exceeding ten per cent of the jawed polychaete faunas.

Department/s

  • Lithosphere and Biosphere Science

Publishing year

2002

Language

English

Pages

985-996

Publication/Series

Palaeontology

Volume

45

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Topic

  • Geology

Keywords

  • polychaete jaws
  • scolecodonts
  • Silurian
  • palaeobiogeography
  • ramphoprionids

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1475-4983