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30 June 2022 The first Middle Ordovician and Gondwanan record of the cincinnaticrinid crinoid Ohiocrinus byeongseoni n. sp. from South Korea: biostratigraphy, paleobiogeography, and taphonomy
Hyeonmin Park, Seung-Bae Lee, Jusun Woo, Dong-Chan Lee
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Abstract

Ohiocrinus byeongseoni n. sp. from the Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian) Jigunsan Formation of South Korea in the Sino-Korean (North China) block is the oldest species of Ohiocrinus of the Cincinnaticrinidae and the first record outside Laurentia. O. byeongseoni is characterized by a loosely clockwise-coiled anal sac, isotomous branching throughout arms, long, slender xenomorphic column, and small lichenocrinid-type holdfast. The new species occurs in association with a deep-water siliciclastic environment, unlike the Laurentian species with a shallow-water carbonate environment. The monospecific crinoid assemblage is interpreted as parautochthonous, considering that the crinoids were reworked by relatively weak down-current probably caused by storm but preserved within the environment where they lived. The occurrence of O. byeongseoni presents a considerable spatiotemporal gap and ecologic disparity in evolution of Ohiocrinus and the Cincinnaticrinidae.

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Hyeonmin Park, Seung-Bae Lee, Jusun Woo, and Dong-Chan Lee "The first Middle Ordovician and Gondwanan record of the cincinnaticrinid crinoid Ohiocrinus byeongseoni n. sp. from South Korea: biostratigraphy, paleobiogeography, and taphonomy," Journal of Paleontology 96(4), 939-949, (30 June 2022). https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2022.8
Accepted: 26 January 2022; Published: 30 June 2022
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