Biostratigraphy, Taxonomy, and Paleogeography of Conodont   Sequences in the Middle and Late Devonian (Frasnian) Tropics
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Frasnian conodont sequences in the Montagne Noire and                   Alberta are superbly developed in their biostratigraphic                        continuity and excellent preservation of faunas representative                  of the Palmatolepis biofacies.  Through graphic correlation,                    the sequence composited from these two areas will become a                      standard of reference for this biofacies, characteristic of                     outer shelf to basinal sequences throughout the inferred                        Devonian tropics.  There has been great inconsistency in                        published identifications of species of Palmatolepis and                        Ancyrognathus resulting in erroneous understanding of ranges of                 the two principal groups on which the Frasnian "standard"                       zonation is based.  Furthermore, there has been little study of                 the Polygnathus biofacies, characteristic of inner shelf                        Frasnian sequences.  My research based on multielement taxonomy                 and shape analysis of platform elements has drastically revised                 discrimination of species of Palmatolepis and Ancyrognathus and                 consequently their stratigraphic ranges.  The result is a near                  doubling in number of zones within the Palmatolepis biofacies,                  but their resolution is far exceeded by that obtainable through                 graphic correlation.  Correlation between  the Palmatolepis and                 Polygnathus biofacies remains difficult, but is probably                        resolvable through graphic methods.  Proposed research will                     rigorously test these new biostratigraphic and taxonomic results                in widely scattered localities throughout the Devonian tropics,                 with the additional long-range purpose of developing a                          comprehensive analysis of Frasnian conodont paleogeography.
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