Index Page numbers in italic denote figures. Page numbers in bold denote tables. Acastidae, 305 Asteroids, 178–179 Acastidae Delo, 304–305 Asterozoans, 177–179 acritarchs, 365 Asteroids, 178–179 cluster analysis, 387 Ophiuroids, 178 Acrocephalitidae, 325 palaeobiogeography of Ordovician echinoderms, 177–179 actinocerids, 433, 437, 440 Somasteroids, 177–178 adaptive radiation of vertebrates in Ordovician, 451–452 Astropolichnus hispanicus (Crimes, Legg, Marcos and Arboleya), 45 biogeography of Ordovician vertebrates, 451–452 Atdabanian Stage, palaeogeographical distribution, 61 climatic context of Ordovician vertebrates, 452 Aulacopleurida, 311 palaeobiogeography of Early Palaeozoic vertebrates, 451–452 Aulacopleurida Adrain, 312–317 Aeronian cluster and ordination tests, 209 Family Aulacopleuridae Angelin, 312–313 Aeronian-Telychian, 209–210 Family Bathyuridae Walcott, 313–314 Afghanistan palaeogeographical units, 279 Family Brachymetopidae Prantl & Prˇibyl, 314 Afghanodesmatids Ordovician distributions, 224 Family Dimeropygidae Hupe, 314 agnathans, 449, 455 Family Holotrachelidae Warburg, 314–315 Alai terrane Family Hystricuridae Hupe, 315 fossils, 279 Family Rorringtoniidae Owens in Owens & Hamann, 315–316 trilobite, 283–284 Family Scharysiidae Osmo´lska, 316 Alaskan areas, 213–214 Family Telephinidae Marek, 316–317 Alsataspididae, 320 synopsis of Ordovician trilobite distribution and diversity, 312–317 Alsataspididae Turner, 319–320 Aulacopleuridae Altai-Sayan area, palaeogeographical units, 276 global taxonomic richness, 313 Ambonychids, Ordovician distributions, 225 Aulacopleuridae Angelin, 312–313 Anatolepis, 451 Australia Annamia, palaeogeographical reconstructions, 8–9 bryozoan faunas, 147 Anomalodesmatans, 223 genera, 203 Antarctica, palaeogeographical units, 281 GMM [Gastropods, monoplacophorans and mimospirids], 215 Anti-Atlas Mountains trilobites, 285 mid-Ordovician faunas, 226 Antipleuridae, 231 palaeogeographical units, 281 Archaeocyatha, 59–64 supercontinent breakup, 281 bioconstruction distribution, 61 Avalonia, 277 biostratigraphy, 59 blastozoans, 181 Cambrian biostratigraphy and biogeography, 59–64 cephalopods, 433 cluster analysis, 62 palaeogeographical reconstructions, 10 database and website, 63–64 Silurian, 232–234 global palaeogeographical distribution, 61 Trilobites, Cambrian Epoch 3, 286 palaeoecology, 60–62 West Gondwana, 282 palaeogeography, 62–63 axonophorans, 424 radiocyathan genera, 62 systematic studies history, 59 Baltica, 268, 351 archaeocyaths v. trilobites, 60 biogeographical analysis of trilobites, 287 archipelagos, 26 bryozoan, 146 Arctic Alaska-Chukotka Microcontinent, 7 cephalopods, 433–435 palaeogeographical reconstructions, 9 echinoderm assemblage, 191 Arenig Stage bivalves, 223 GMM [Gastropods, monoplacophorans and mimospirids], 214–215 Argentina Heteroconchs Lyrodesma poststriatum, 229 eocrinoids, 180 Ordovician, 369 Famatina System, 277 Ordovician echinoderm assemblages, 174 Argentinean Precordillera, 216 Ordovician echinoderms, 186 Arhouriella, 222 palaeogeographical province, 186 Armorican Terrane Assemblage, 12 palaeogeographical reconstructions, 8 palaeogeographical reconstructions, 9–10 palaeogeographical units, 274 Arthropod genera, 38 Silurian, 232–234 Asaphidae, 317 Baltica-Siberia Subrealm, 452 Asaphida Salter, 317–321 Baltoscandia, 337 Family Alsataspididae Turner, 319–320 Ordovician facies zones, 338 Family Ceratopygidae Linnarsson, 318 basslerocerids, 435 Family Dionididae Gurich, 320 Bathmoceras, 432 Family Nileidae Angelin, 319 Bathycheilidae, 309 Family Raphiophoridae Angelin, 320 Bathycheilidae Prˇibyl, 309 Family Trinucleidae Hawle & Corda, 320–321 bathypelagic species, 362 Superfamily Asaphoidea Burmeister, 317–318 Bathyuridae, 313 Superfamily Cyclopygoidea Raymond, 318–319 Bathyuridae Walcott, 313–314 Superfamily Trinucleoidea Hawle & Corda, 319–321 Batostoma, 148 synopsis of Ordovician trilobite distribution and diversity, Bavarillidae, 310 317–321 Bavarillidae Sdzuy, 309 Asaphoidea Burmeister, 317–318 bellerophontoid gastropods, 200 Ashgill units within Continental Margin Area bellerophontoid Peelerophon, 200 coral genera, 102 Benbolt Formation, 180 Downloaded from http://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/books/book/chapter-pdf/3914808/9781862396425_backmatter.pdf by guest on 02 October 2021 478 INDEX benthic faunas, 16 Llandovery, 150–151, 150 benthic species Lludlovian, 152 stratigraphical distribution, 357 Ludlow, 152–154 testing Silurian palaeogeography, 362–363 Ordovician, 145–146 benthic trilobites, 46 Prˇ´ıdolı´, 153, 154 Beothuka terranova, 411 Sandbian, 146, 147 Beyrichia admixta, 358 Silurian, 149–150 bilaterians, 40 Tremadocian, 146 binodicopes, 356 Wenlock, 151–152, 151 biodiversity Ordovician, 127–142 Builth Inlier, 85 biofacies, 376 Burgess Shale, 40 biogeographers, 26–27 deposits, 35–40 biogeographical patterns faunas, 81 Early Palaeozoic Rostroconchia, 243–260 Ordovician ostracods, 337–351 Calcareans, 91 biogeographical provinces, 25 Calymenidae, 310 biogeographical regions, 26 Calymenidae Swinnerton, 309–310 ranks, 31 Calymenina Swinnerton, 309–310 biogeography Cambrian bryozoans, Early Palaeozoic, 145–154 and archaeocyathan distribution, 61 Early Late Ordovician, 350 Archaeocyatha role, 59–64 early to mid Palaeozoic marine phytoplankton, 365–389 biostratigraphy and biogeography, 59–64 Ordovician, 127–142 Bivalvia, 221–222 Ordovician and Silurian, 199–217 Botomian, 64 Ordovician and Silurian GMM [Gastropods, monoplacophorans and Burgess Shale-type faunas, 81 mimospirids], 199–217 data cluster analysis, 371 Ordovician and Silurian Stromatoporoidea, 67–78 echinoderms, 160, 161 Ordovician distribution, 67–73 global chronostratigraphical series and stages, 159 Ordovician linguliform and craniiform brachiopods, lichakephalids, 301 117–124 Major Early Palaeozoic events, 14–16 Silurian distribution, 73–77 non-stromatoporoid Porifera, 81–93, 86–91 Bioherms, 109 palaeobiogeographical units, 282 biosedimentology reefs, 62 palaeogeographical positions, 37 biostratigraphy of Archaeocyatha, 59 palaeogeographical reconstruction, 275 biostromes, 107 Paleodictyon occurrences, 49–50 biozones of trilobites and archaeocyaths, 60 phytoplankton, 366–367 biserial diversification, 423 radiation, 39 bivalves, 221–236 sponge palaeobiogeography, 83–84 Arenig Stage, 223 sponge distributions, 84 Cambrian, 221–222 tectonostratigraphic units, 280 Lower Palaeozoic palaeobiogeography, 221–236 terranes or microcontinents, biogeographical concepts, 282 Ordovician, 222–230 Cambrian clades Ordovician diversification, 222 analyses, 36 Silurian, 230–235 clade dynamics at genus level, 37–39 blastozoans clade dynamics at species level, 36–37 Avalonian Province, 181 database, 35 Furongian, 162 geographical ranges of genera, 37–38 Ordovician echinoderms palaeobiogeography, 179–184 geographical ranges of species, 37 Sandbian-Katian interval, 181 groups studied, 36 Boda event, 72 regions occupied v. temporal boundaries, 39 Bohemia palaeogeographical units, 278 spatio-temporal bias, 36 Bolivia eocrinoids, 180 temporal persistence of genera, 38–39 Botomian Stage temporal persistence of species, 37 Cambrian genera, 64 Cambrian echinoderms, 157–167 global palaeogeographical distribution, 61 Cincta, 162–163 brachiopod diversification, 130 Ctenocystoidea, 163 phylogeography during Ordovician, 136–142 diversity, 159–164, 166 brachiopods, 117–124 Edrioasteroidea, 159–161 biogeography of Ordovician, 117–124 Eocrinoids, 161–162 craniiform, 121–122 Helicoplacoidea, 159 Laurentia, 134 palaeobiogeographical patterns, 165–167 linguliform, 117–121 palaeobiogeography, 157–167, 159–164 Brachymetopidae, 314 palaeogeographical distribution, 159–164 Brachymetopidae Prantl & Prˇibyl, 314 palaeogeographical distribution of Cambrian echinoderms, Brevilamnulella, 135 159–164 Britain Heteroconchs Lyrodesma poststriatum, 229–230 palaeogeographical units and chronostratigraphical nomenclature, Bruno–Silesia palaeogeographical reconstructions, 12–13 158–159 bryozoan, 145–154 record of disarticulated echinoderm ossicles, 164–165 Baltic Province, 146 Rhombifera, 162 Dapingian, 146 Soluta, 163 Dariwillian, 147 Stylophora, 163–164 Darriwilian, 146 Cambrian Epoch and geo-dispersal analysis, 285 Early Palaeozoic biogeography, 145–154 Cambrian Epoch 2 Floian, 146 Furongian trilobite genera, 288 Hirnantian, 149, 149 trilobite, 285–286 Katian, 146–149, 148 trilobite biogeography, 284 Downloaded from http://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/books/book/chapter-pdf/3914808/9781862396425_backmatter.pdf by guest on 02 October 2021 INDEX 479 Cambrian Epoch 3 Ordovician palaeogeographical regions, 432–438 Avalonian trilobites, 286 palaeogeography and diversity, 429–444 Furongian trilobite genera, 288 Siberia and Far Russian East, 437 PAE [Parsimony Analysis of Endemicity] analysis, 289 South China platform, 437–438 Cambrian Explosion, 1 Tarim, 438 Cambrian faunas, 166 Western Gondwana and Precordillera, 438 Cambrian Ordovician cephalopod palaeogeography and diversity, Ceratopygidae, 318 429–444 Ceratopygidae Linnarsson, 318 changing endemicity and beta-diversity, 438–439 Chazyan, 68 changing palaeogeographical pattern, 439–440 Cheiruridae, 308 diversity trends interpretation, 441–443 Cheiruridae Hawle & Corda, 306 general pattern, 438–441 Cheirurina Harrington & Leanza, 306–309 Late Ordovician, 443 Chinese tectonostratigraphic units, 283 Mid Ordovician, 442–443 chitinozoans zooplankton maps, 400–401 palaeogeographical regions, 432–438 Chlorophyta, 37 regional diversity trends, 440 Cincinnatian, 99 widespread genera, 440–441 biogeographical divisions