The palaeobiogeography of Silurian Ramphoprionid Polychaete Annelids

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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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Eriksson, M. (2002). The palaeobiogeography of Silurian Ramphoprionid Polychaete Annelids. Palaeontology, 45(5), 985–996. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-4983.00272

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