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The first recorded decline of the Malvinokaffric Devonian fauna in the Paraná Basin (southern Brazil) and its cause; taphonomic and fossil evidences

The first recorded decline of the Malvinokaffric Devonian fauna in the Paraná Basin, south Brazil, occurred between early and early late Emsian. The event is recognized on biostratigraphic implications, and it coincides with a regional hiatus resulting from tectonic activity during a Precordilleran...

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Published in:Journal of South American earth sciences 2012-08, Vol.37, p.228-241
Main Authors: Bosetti, Elvio Pinto, Grahn, Yngve, Horodyski, Rodrigo Scalise, Mauller, Paula Mendlowicz
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Summary:The first recorded decline of the Malvinokaffric Devonian fauna in the Paraná Basin, south Brazil, occurred between early and early late Emsian. The event is recognized on biostratigraphic implications, and it coincides with a regional hiatus resulting from tectonic activity during a Precordilleran epeirogeny. The Emsian beds, dated with palynomorphs, indicate a late Pragian - early Emsian (PoW Su spore Zone) age below, and an early late Emsian (upper FD – lower AP spore Zones) age above the hiatus. The extinctions that occurred between the late Pragian – early Emsian regression, and the initial transgression in the early late Emsian, were extensive and more dramatic than elsewhere on the globe. In the Paraná Basin invertebrates 4 classes, 25 families, 41 genera, and 54 species become extinct. The Emsian sedimentation in the Paraná Basin was realized under constant oscillation of sea level punctuated by storm events, probably due to Milankovitch orbital cycles. It is known that the eccentricity cycles are the most striking in regions at higher latitudes, which was the case of the ParanáBasin during the Emsian. This was, however, not a factor of major importance for the large decline of the fauna. The decline of the shelly fauna was an effect of the late Pragian – early Emsian regression, and the early late Emsian transgression introduced a reduced and less provincial shelly fauna. O primeiro registro do declínio da fauna Malvinocáfrica do Devoniano da Bacia do Paraná (sul do Brasil) ocorreu entre o Eo e o início do Neo Emsiano. O evento é reconhecido por suas implicações bioestratigráficas e coincide com o hiato regional resultante de atividade tectônica durante a epirogenia da Pré-Cordilheira andina. As camadas, datadas por meio de palinomorfos, indicam uma idade Neo Praguiana-Eo Emsiana (Zona de esporo PoW Su) abaixo do hiato e uma idade do início ao fim do Neo- Emsiano (parte superior das zonas de esporo FD – parte inferior AP) acima do hiato. As extinções que ocorreram entre a regressão no Neo Praguiano - Eo Emsiano e o começo da transgressão no início do Neo Emsiano foram amplas e mais dramáticas do que em qualquer outra parte do globo terrestre e entre os invertebrados da Bacia do Paraná, 4 classes, 25 famílias, 41 gêneros e 54 espécies foram extintas. Durante o Emsiano, na Bacia do Paraná, a sedimentação ocorreu sob constantes oscilações do nível do mar entremeadas por eventos de tempestades, provavelmente devido à ciclos orbitais de Milankovitch. É
ISSN:0895-9811
1873-0647
DOI:10.1016/j.jsames.2012.02.006