%0 Journal Article
%T PalaeobiogeographyofEarlyJurassicLithiotis-typebivalvebuildupsasrecoveryeffectafterTriassic/JurassicmassextinctionandtheirconnectionswithAsianpalaeogeograph
%A Micha? KROBICKI
%A Jan GOLONKA
%J µØÇòѧ±¨
%D 2009
%R 10.3975/cagsb.2009.s1.18
%X Thehuge,upto40-50cmlongbivalves,Lithiotis,CochlearitesandLithioperna,whichdominatedwithin¡°Lithiotis¡±facies(sensu¨CFraseretal.,2004withlit-eraturecitedtherein),aremostsignificantrepresenta-tivesofbuildup-makerofshallowmarine/lagoonalbivalvemounds(reefs)innumerousplacesofTethyan-PanthalassamarginsduringPliensbachian-EarlyToar-ciantimes.ThedistributionofLithiotis-faciesbivalvesfromWestern(Spain,Italy)andMiddleEurope(Slo-venia,Croatia,Albania)troughnorthAfrica(Morocco)andArabianPeninsula(Oman,ArabianEmirates)uptoTimorIsland,HimalayaMts(Nepal,China)andwest-ernmarginofbothAmericas(USA,Peru)indicatesworld-wide,rapidexpansionofsuchLithiotis-typebivalves(Leinfelderetal.,2002;Fraseretal.,2004;Krobickietal.,2008).TheEarlyJurassicmigrationrouteswereconnectedbothwithbreak-upofPangeaandoceaniccirculation,whichfacilitatedhighspeedofdistributionoflarva¡¯sofsuchoyster-likebivalves.
%K Lithiotis
%K Triassic
%K Jurassic
%K Tethys
%K Panthalassa
%U http://www.cagsbulletin.com/dqxbcn/ch/reader/view_abstract.aspx?file_no=2009S118&flag=1