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Proconchidium from Late Ordovician strata of Brodeur Peninsula, Baffin Island, Arctic Canada

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2016

Rong Jia-Yu ,
Brian Jones  and
F. W. Nentwich
Rong Jia-Yu
Affiliation:
1Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Academia Sinica, Nanjing, People's Republic of China
Brian Jones
Affiliation:
2Department of Geology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, T6G 2E3, Canada
F. W. Nentwich
Affiliation:
2Department of Geology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, T6G 2E3, Canada
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Abstract

Proconchidium brodeurensis n. sp. occurs 212 m above the base of member B of the Baillarge Formation on Brodeur Peninsula, Baffin Island, 8 m below the Ordovician–Silurian boundary. Study of Proconchidium shows that it can be easily distinguished from Eoconchidium but possesses many characters that are similar to those in Tcherskidium. Analysis of internal structures suggests that the three genera can be distinguished from each other and belong to Virgianidae. Tcherskidiidae is a synonym of Virgianidae and should be abandoned.

This represents the first recorded occurrence of Proconchidium in North America. Although this genus and its related genera Tcherskidium Sapelnikov, 1972, and Eoconchidium Rozman, 1967, are common in Ashgill strata of Eurasia, they have not been recorded or illustrated from North America. This led to the suggestion that distinct brachiopod biogeographic provinces may have existed during the Ashgill. The occurrence of these genera probably indicates that they may have lived in mostly tropical and subtropical zones.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 63 , Issue 1 , January 1989 , pp. 25 - 33
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