Ordovician Graptolite Rhabdosome Complication and Its Implications on Sea Level Changes |
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| Authors: | Wang Chuanshang Wang Xiaofeng Chen Xiaohong |
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| Institution: | 1. Faculty of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074; Center for Stratigraphy and Paleontology, China Geology Survey, Yichang 443003
2. Center for Stratigraphy and Paleontology, China Geology Survey, Yichang 443003 |
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| Abstract: | A total of four times of rhabdosome complication events, i.e., the lateral branching of graptolite stipes during the Late Middle Ordovician, the secondary branching of graptolite stipes at the earliest Upper Ordovician, the early Qiantangjiangian of Upper Ordovician and the middle Qiantangjiangian, respectively, is discussed in this paper. These events and other adaptation events demonstrate close relationships between a diverse graptolite fauna and sea level changes, and consequently can be employed to study sea level fluctuations. It is safe to conclude that the complication of rhabdosome started at the maximum flooding surface (MFS) and terminated at the beginning of regression. |
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| Keywords: | rhabdosome complication maximum flooding surface (MFS) regression Ordovician |
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