Silurian retiolitids of the East European Platform
1995; Institute of Paleobiology; Volume: 40; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
1732-2421
Autores Tópico(s)Geological Formations and Processes Exploration
ResumoLate Llandovery to late Ludlow isolated retiolitid assemblages from deep boreholes drilled in the Polish part of the East European Platform are used to restore phylogeny of the group. The process of reduction of the network skeleton (reticulum and clathria), as well as reduction of the transverse rods and change of virgula position started in the Wenlock. All Ludlow retiolitids have a central virgula and reduced rhabdosomes. Colonies of the Gothograptus lineage with finite growth, related to reduction in the number of thecae, first appeared in the Late Wenlock and continued in the Ludlow. Their evolution leads either to development of finite rhabdosomes with few thecae (Holoretiolites) or to almost complete reduction of clathria and reticulum (Plectodinemagraptus gen. n. of the Plectograptus lineage]. The latter homeomorph of the Ordovician abrograptid Dinemagraptus is the last known retiolitid of late Ludlow age (Cucullograptus hemiaversus /C. auersus Zone). The family Retiolitidae consists of five separate lineages. Sokolovograptus polonicus sp. n., Neogothograptus gen. n., Holoretiolites atrabecularis sp. n., Semiplectograptus urbaneki gen. et sp. n., Plectodinemagraptus gracilis gen. et sp. n. are proposed. S. polonicus from the Cyrtograptus murchisoni Zone has a strongly . reduced rhabdosome.
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