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Conodont biostratigraphy and faunal assemblages in radiolarian ribbon-banded cherts of the Burubaital Formation, West Balkhash Region, Kazakhstan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 December 2004

TATIANA TOLMACHEVA
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, Palaeobiology, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 22, SE-75236, Uppsala, Sweden
LARS HOLMER
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, Palaeobiology, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 22, SE-75236, Uppsala, Sweden
LEONID POPOV
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, National Museum and Galleries of Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3NP, United Kingdom
IVAN GOGIN
Affiliation:
Department of Stratigraphy and Palaeontology, All Russian Scientific Research Geological Institute (VSEGEI), Sredny 74, St. Petersburg, Russia

Abstract

Biostratigraphical study of the early to mid-Ordovician conodont fauna from ribbon-banded radiolarian cherts of the middle Burubaital Formation in Central Kazakhstan reveals an almost complete succession of conodont biozones from the late Tremadocian to the early Darriwilian. During this interval, biosiliceous sediments were deposited in basinal environments, inhabited by lingulate brachiopods, sponges, pterobranchs and caryocaridids in conditions of high fertility and primary productivity of surface water. The community structure of taxonomically diverse conodont assemblages typifying open oceanic environments is not significantly different from that of epicratonic basins of the North Atlantic conodont province. The regional increase of oxygenated bottom waters at the base of the Oepikodus evae Biozone is possibly related to considerable changes in palaeo-oceanographical circulation patterns. The finds of three natural clusters of Prioniodus oepiki (McTavish) enable us to propose an emended diagnosis of this species.

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Original Article
Copyright
© 2004 Cambridge University Press

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