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Mats Eriksson

Mats Eriksson

Professor

Mats Eriksson

Jawed polychaetes from the Upper Sylvan Shale (Upper Ordovician), Oklahoma, USA

Author

  • Mats Eriksson
  • SA Leslie
  • CF Bergman

Summary, in English

A jawed polychaete fauna from the upper 30 in of the Upper Ordovician Sylvan Shale (Richmondian, Ash-ill) of Oklahoma is described, based on recovered scolecodonts (polychaete jaws). The fauna includes members of six families: Paulinitidae, Ramphoprionidae, Polychaetaspidae, Atraktoprionidae, Hadoprionidae, and Kalloprionidae. Ten species are identified and one new paulinitid species, Ketmerites (Aeolus) sylvanensis, dominates. The low-abundance and relatively low-diversity Sylvan Shale fauna differs from approximately coeval ones of both Laurentia and Baltica, particularly by its high relative frequency of paulinitids. The scolecodonts are associated with chitinozoans, as well as some enmnatic organic-walled microfossils. Conodonts are extremely rare. with Plectodina tenuis, Amorphognathus sp., and Dapsilodus sp. identified.

Department/s

  • Lithosphere and Biosphere Science

Publishing year

2005

Language

English

Pages

486-496

Publication/Series

Journal of Paleontology

Volume

79

Issue

3

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Paleontological Society

Topic

  • Geology

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0022-3360