High-resolution records of the mid-Homerian (Silurian) marine chemistry evolution and graptolite biodiversity across the Lundgreni Event reveal what nearly killed the graptolites

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41330%2F25%3A103335" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41330/25:103335 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/00025798:_____/25:10169721

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2025.112866" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2025.112866</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2025.112866" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.palaeo.2025.112866</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

High-resolution records of the mid-Homerian (Silurian) marine chemistry evolution and graptolite biodiversity across the Lundgreni Event reveal what nearly killed the graptolites

Original language description

The Silurian Period was characterized by repeated extinctions, carbon cycle fluctuations, and significant climatic shifts. Among the most notable events was the Homerian double-peaked carbon isotope excursion associated with the Mulde and Lundgreni extinctions, both linked to a period of global cooling. The Lundgreni Event was marked by a significant decline in graptolite diversity, while the Mulde Event was characterized by a reduction in conodont diversity. In this study, we present new data that characterize marine palaeoredox conditions in the Prague Basin, peri-Gondwanan terrane, based on high-resolution sampling of a section representing an offshore setting. Our data are derived from the Kosov section, which is known for the most detailed quantitative biostratigraphical record currently available from peri-Gondwana. High-resolution geochemical sampling of graptolite shales from the Cyrtograptus lundgreni Biozone to the Colonograptus ludensis-gerhardi Biozone, provides clear evidence of abrupt changes in marine palaeoredox conditions. The redox-sensitive trace metal data demonstrate that the stratigraphical interval corresponding to the upper Cyrtograptus lundgreni Biozone to the end of Colonograptus praedeubeli-deubeli Biozone represents a period of substantial oxygenation in offshore settings. A comparison of high-resolution chemostratigraphical and biostratigraphical records reveals that this increased oxygenation of offshore environments, which significantly reduced the habitable areas for graptolites, played a key role in the decline of graptolite biodiversity during the Lundgreni Event. This oxygenation correlates with a global sea-level drop, likely triggered by glaciation, and also with the Homerian double-peaked delta 13C anomaly. In conclusion, the analysis of new high-resolution chemostratigraphical records across the Homerian Lundgreni Event, combined with a high-resolution quantitative graptolite biostratigraphical record from the same section, provides insights into the potential causes of this global marine ecosystem crisis and fills an important gap in our current global dataset for this interval of the Silurian.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10506 - Paleontology

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA23-06198S" target="_blank" >GA23-06198S: Response of mid-Paleozoic faunal communities to significant environmental changes: a study of the Mulde, Lau, Choteč events from the Prague Basin</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY

ISSN

0031-0182

e-ISSN

0031-0182

Volume of the periodical

668

Issue of the periodical within the volume

JUN 15 2025

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

21

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

001456543900001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105000604659