Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- 1 Major global change: framework for the modern world
- 2 Carboniferous-to-Triassic evolution of the Panthalassan margin in southern South America
- 3 Permian and Triassic geologic events in Sonora, northwestern Mexico
- 4 Advances in the correlation of the Permian
- 5 Examples of late Hercynian transtensional tectonics in the Southern Alps (Italy)
- 6 Succession of selected bioevents in the continental Permian of the Southern Alps (Italy): improvements in intrabasinal and interregional correlations
- 7 Permian chronostratigraphic subdivisions and events in China
- 8 Indosinian Tectogeny in the geological correlation of Vietnam and adjacent regions
- 9 Sitsa flora from the Permian of South Primorye
- 10 Late Permian bimodal volcanism in South Primorye
- 11 Syngenetic and epigenetic mineral deposits in Permian and Triassic sequences of the Primorye region
- 12 The mid-Permian: major changes in geology, environment, and faunas and some evolutionary implications
- 13 Variations in the disappearance patterns of rugosan corals in Tethys and their implications for environments at the end of the Permian
- 14 Fluctuations in pelagic environments near the Permian–Triassic boundary in the Mino-Tamba Terrane, southwest Japan
- 15 Late Changxingian ammonoids, bivalves, and brachiopods in South Primorye
- 16 Radiolaria from Permian–Triassic boundary beds in cherty deposits of Primorye (Sikhote-Alin)
- 17 Early Mesozoic magmatism in the Russian Far East
- 18 Transgressive conodont faunas of the early Triassic: an opportunity for correlation in the Tethys and the circum-Pacific
- 19 Triassic biostratigraphy and palaeobiogeography of East Asia
- 20 Classification and correlation of Triassic limestones in Sikhote-Alin on the basis of corals
- 21 Evolution of the platform elements of the conodont genus Metapolygnathus and their distribution in the Upper Triassic of Sikhote-Alin
- 22 Late Triassic North American halobiid bivalves: diversity trends and circum-Pacific correlations
- 23 Upper Triassic Chinle Group, Western United States: a nonmarine standard for late Triassic time
- 24 Otapirian Stage: its fauna and microflora
- 25 Upper Palaeozoic glaciation and Carboniferous and Permian faunal changes in Argentina
- Index
22 - Late Triassic North American halobiid bivalves: diversity trends and circum-Pacific correlations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 October 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- 1 Major global change: framework for the modern world
- 2 Carboniferous-to-Triassic evolution of the Panthalassan margin in southern South America
- 3 Permian and Triassic geologic events in Sonora, northwestern Mexico
- 4 Advances in the correlation of the Permian
- 5 Examples of late Hercynian transtensional tectonics in the Southern Alps (Italy)
- 6 Succession of selected bioevents in the continental Permian of the Southern Alps (Italy): improvements in intrabasinal and interregional correlations
- 7 Permian chronostratigraphic subdivisions and events in China
- 8 Indosinian Tectogeny in the geological correlation of Vietnam and adjacent regions
- 9 Sitsa flora from the Permian of South Primorye
- 10 Late Permian bimodal volcanism in South Primorye
- 11 Syngenetic and epigenetic mineral deposits in Permian and Triassic sequences of the Primorye region
- 12 The mid-Permian: major changes in geology, environment, and faunas and some evolutionary implications
- 13 Variations in the disappearance patterns of rugosan corals in Tethys and their implications for environments at the end of the Permian
- 14 Fluctuations in pelagic environments near the Permian–Triassic boundary in the Mino-Tamba Terrane, southwest Japan
- 15 Late Changxingian ammonoids, bivalves, and brachiopods in South Primorye
- 16 Radiolaria from Permian–Triassic boundary beds in cherty deposits of Primorye (Sikhote-Alin)
- 17 Early Mesozoic magmatism in the Russian Far East
- 18 Transgressive conodont faunas of the early Triassic: an opportunity for correlation in the Tethys and the circum-Pacific
- 19 Triassic biostratigraphy and palaeobiogeography of East Asia
- 20 Classification and correlation of Triassic limestones in Sikhote-Alin on the basis of corals
- 21 Evolution of the platform elements of the conodont genus Metapolygnathus and their distribution in the Upper Triassic of Sikhote-Alin
- 22 Late Triassic North American halobiid bivalves: diversity trends and circum-Pacific correlations
- 23 Upper Triassic Chinle Group, Western United States: a nonmarine standard for late Triassic time
- 24 Otapirian Stage: its fauna and microflora
- 25 Upper Palaeozoic glaciation and Carboniferous and Permian faunal changes in Argentina
- Index
Summary
By virtue of its fades independence, widespread distribution, and high species turnover, the late Triassic pteriid bivalve Halobia has been of considerable importance for correlating marine strata throughout much of the Upper Triassic. The age significance and taxonomy of Halobia and its thin-shelled cousin Daonella were established largely by the classic monographs of Mojsisovics (1874), Gemmellaro (1882), and Kittl (1912) describing material from the Hallstatt facies of the Austrian Salzkammergut and from Sicily. Today, Halobia from the Alpine-Mediterranean region continues to play a major role in the construction of a biochronology of the Upper Triassic, as seen in recent works by Gruber (1976), Cafiero and De Capoa Bonardi (1982), and De Capoa Bonardi (1984).
The early success in establishing the age significance of Halobia in Europe was quickly repeated along the Pacific margins following the discovery of Halobia in New Zealand (Hochstetter, 1863; Trechmann, 1918) and North America (Gabb, 1864). After the initial discovery of Halobia in the Pacific margin, significant occurrences were documented from Timor (Krumbeck, 1924) and North America (Smith, 1927). A large number of studies revealing the extent and diversity of circum-Pacific Halobia appeared in the middle part of the twentieth century because of the efforts of T. Kobayashi (Japan and Southeast Asia), Chen-Chu Chen (China), and I. Polubotko (Russia) and their colleagues.
Throughout the circum-Pacific, Halobia continues to play an important role in correlating Carnian–middle Norian marine strata.
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- Late Palaeozoic and Early Mesozoic Circum-Pacific Events and their Global Correlation , pp. 198 - 208Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1997
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