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Article: The palaeobiogeography of Silurian ramphoprionid polychaete annelids

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 45
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2002
Page(s): 985 996
Author(s): M. Eriksson
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ERIKSSON, M. 2002. The palaeobiogeography of Silurian ramphoprionid polychaete annelids. Palaeontology45, 5, 985–996.

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Abstract

Silurian palaeobiogeography of the Ramphoprionidae (Annelida; Polychaeta) is outlined. Members of the family are reported from northern Europe (Estonia, Sweden and England), the Russian Arctic (Severnaya Zemlya), and the Canadian Arctic (Baillie-Hamilton Island). These areas were located fairly close to the palaeoequator during the Silurian and a faunal exchange is indicated by the broad, intercontinental distribution of the family. A few taxa may, however, have been endemic. Ramphoprionids had long stratigraphical ranges and were generally fairly rare during the Silurian, infrequently exceeding ten per cent of the jawed polychaete faunas.
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