04104nam 2200589 a 450 991043778490332120200520144314.01-283-93545-73-642-34854-810.1007/978-3-642-34854-9(CKB)2670000000317402(EBL)1082851(OCoLC)823728239(SSID)ssj0000854846(PQKBManifestationID)11943575(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000854846(PQKBWorkID)10903212(PQKB)11219481(DE-He213)978-3-642-34854-9(MiAaPQ)EBC1082851(PPN)168327600(EXLCZ)99267000000031740220130105d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDevonian paleoenvironments of Ohio /Rituparna Bose ; with foreword by Prof. David Harper (chairman of the International Subcommission on Ordovician Stratigraphy and president of International Palaeontological Association)1st ed. 2013.Heidelberg [Germany] ;New York Springer20131 online resource (65 p.)SpringerBriefs in earth sciences,2191-5369Description based upon print version of record.3-642-34853-X Includes bibliographical references.Research Objectives -- Geological Background -- Paleoenvironmental Interpretation of the Dundee Formation (Whitehouse Quarry) -- Previous Paleontological Faunal List from the Dundee Formation -- Materials and Methods -- Results – Paleontological Analysis -- Taphonomy of Shells -- Trace Types -- Nature and Position of Traces on Rhipidomella Shells -- Encrustation of Trace-Makers -- Discussion -- Epizoan-Host Relationships -- Four Possible Causes for Rare Encrustation in the Dundee Formation.Carbonate depositional systems in the Paleozoic geologic time represent fewer studies in paleoecological interactions than the siliciclastic systems. To evaluate this difference, the paleontology of the Middle Devonian Dundee Formation in Ohio has been explored. This geologic formation represents an important environment in the Michigan Basin of North America. Understanding biotic relationships such as mutualism, commensalism, parasitism and predation in an ecological community is important in unraveling the mystery of the fossil record. This research has contributed a large field collection which will be useful in documenting the fossil content of this unit for future workers. Rituparna Bose used new microscopic and imaging techniques in qualitatively analyzing the biotic interactions in small invertebrate shells. More importantly, she solved complex hypotheses in newly emerging problems in the field of geology and paleontology, such as the biodiversity crisis. Her study involved exploring the Devonian geology and paleontology of a geologic formation of a new unexplored quarry in Ohio, namely the Whitehouse Quarry in Lucas County, Ohio. She identified Devonian brachiopods to the genus level based on their morphology, and diagnosed paleoecological entities on host brachiopods and further measured episkeletobiont traces on hosts to understand the effects of environment and evolution on extinct species. Such studies have implications in predicting future biodiversity, ecosystem conservation and climate change. This research will also assist future workers to compare the ecology of brachiopod hosts of the Dundee Limestone with that of other Devonian brachiopods, from both carbonate and siliciclastic settings.SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences,2191-5369PaleontologyOhioDevonianFossilsOhioPaleontologyFossils551.7409771Bose Rituparna1058870MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910437784903321Devonian Paleoenvironments of Ohio2504124UNINA