Paleobiodiversity in the Darriwilian (Middle Ordovician) of the Naturtejo UNESCO Global Geopark (Portugal)
Middle Ordovician successions occur at Naturtejo UNESCO Global Geopark in five Variscan-folded, kilometer- to tens of kilometer-long structures. Four of them revealed to be fossiliferous in the different recognized lithostratigraphic units, middle-to-uppermost Darriwilian in age, with particular emp...
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| author | Sofia Pereira Jorge Colmenar Cristiana Esteves Ícaro Dias da Silva Miguel Pires Carlos Neto de Carvalho |
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| description | Middle Ordovician successions occur at Naturtejo UNESCO Global Geopark in five Variscan-folded, kilometer- to tens of kilometer-long structures. Four of them revealed to be fossiliferous in the different recognized lithostratigraphic units, middle-to-uppermost Darriwilian in age, with particular emphasis for Brejo Fundeiro (Oretanian regional chronostratigraphic stage) and Fonte da Horta (Dobrotivian regional stage) formations. Recent paleontological and biostratigraphic works have detected most of the previously recorded and new fossil sites, improving the Middle Ordovician biostratigraphy of this region and updating the knowledge of its fossil assemblages, which are fairly more diverse than previously considered. The good preservation of the fossils and their relevance to understanding the climax of the Global Ordovician Diversification Event at high paleolatitude shallow marine environments, as well as the protection or identification of some of the fossil sites as UNESCO Geopark’ geosites, make certain their interpretation and use in already existing geotrails and new interpretation centers and school programs. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-960cf36f5c764fc785cd7680fa4e44272025-02-03T10:42:39ZengOICC PressGeoconservation Research2645-46612588-73432021-06-01419310310.30486/gcr.2020.1913411.1054680960Paleobiodiversity in the Darriwilian (Middle Ordovician) of the Naturtejo UNESCO Global Geopark (Portugal)Sofia Pereira0Jorge Colmenar1Cristiana Esteves2Ícaro Dias da Silva3Miguel Pires4Carlos Neto de Carvalho5Centro de Geociências, Universidade de Coimbra, Rua Sílvio Lima, 3030-790 Coimbra, PortugalCentro de Geociências, Universidade de Coimbra, Rua Sílvio Lima, 3030-790 Coimbra, PortugalDepartment of Geology, Ghent University. Krijgslaan 281, S8. 9000 Ghent, BelgiumInstituto Dom Luiz, Departamento de Geologia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, PortugalCentro de Geociências, Universidade de Coimbra, Rua Sílvio Lima, 3030-790 Coimbra, PortugalInstituto Dom Luiz, Departamento de Geologia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, PortugalMiddle Ordovician successions occur at Naturtejo UNESCO Global Geopark in five Variscan-folded, kilometer- to tens of kilometer-long structures. Four of them revealed to be fossiliferous in the different recognized lithostratigraphic units, middle-to-uppermost Darriwilian in age, with particular emphasis for Brejo Fundeiro (Oretanian regional chronostratigraphic stage) and Fonte da Horta (Dobrotivian regional stage) formations. Recent paleontological and biostratigraphic works have detected most of the previously recorded and new fossil sites, improving the Middle Ordovician biostratigraphy of this region and updating the knowledge of its fossil assemblages, which are fairly more diverse than previously considered. The good preservation of the fossils and their relevance to understanding the climax of the Global Ordovician Diversification Event at high paleolatitude shallow marine environments, as well as the protection or identification of some of the fossil sites as UNESCO Geopark’ geosites, make certain their interpretation and use in already existing geotrails and new interpretation centers and school programs.http://gcr.khuisf.ac.ir/article_680960_c586980674c61995e59078339774303d.pdfnaturtejo geoparkbrejo fundeiro formationfonte da horta formationoretaniandobrotiviancentral portugal |
| spellingShingle | Sofia Pereira Jorge Colmenar Cristiana Esteves Ícaro Dias da Silva Miguel Pires Carlos Neto de Carvalho Paleobiodiversity in the Darriwilian (Middle Ordovician) of the Naturtejo UNESCO Global Geopark (Portugal) Geoconservation Research naturtejo geopark brejo fundeiro formation fonte da horta formation oretanian dobrotivian central portugal |
| title | Paleobiodiversity in the Darriwilian (Middle Ordovician) of the Naturtejo UNESCO Global Geopark (Portugal) |
| title_full | Paleobiodiversity in the Darriwilian (Middle Ordovician) of the Naturtejo UNESCO Global Geopark (Portugal) |
| title_fullStr | Paleobiodiversity in the Darriwilian (Middle Ordovician) of the Naturtejo UNESCO Global Geopark (Portugal) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Paleobiodiversity in the Darriwilian (Middle Ordovician) of the Naturtejo UNESCO Global Geopark (Portugal) |
| title_short | Paleobiodiversity in the Darriwilian (Middle Ordovician) of the Naturtejo UNESCO Global Geopark (Portugal) |
| title_sort | paleobiodiversity in the darriwilian middle ordovician of the naturtejo unesco global geopark portugal |
| topic | naturtejo geopark brejo fundeiro formation fonte da horta formation oretanian dobrotivian central portugal |
| url | http://gcr.khuisf.ac.ir/article_680960_c586980674c61995e59078339774303d.pdf |
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