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A palaeoecological model for the late Mesoproterozoic - early Neoproterozoic Atar/El Mreiti Group, Taoudeni Basin, Mauritania, northwestern Africa
Beghin, J.; Guilbaud, R.; Poulton, S.W.; Gueneli, N.; Brocks, J.J.; Storme, J.-Y.; Blanpied, C.; Javaux, E.J. (2017). A palaeoecological model for the late Mesoproterozoic - early Neoproterozoic Atar/El Mreiti Group, Taoudeni Basin, Mauritania, northwestern Africa. Precambr. Res. 299: 1-14. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2017.07.016
In: Precambrian research. ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV: Amsterdam; London; New York; Oxford; Tokyo. ISSN 0301-9268; e-ISSN 1872-7433, meer
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Palaeoredox conditions; Iron speciation; Early eukaryotes; Palaeoecology |
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- Beghin, J., meer
- Guilbaud, R.
- Poulton, S.W.
- Gueneli, N.
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- Brocks, J.J.
- Storme, J.-Y., meer
- Blanpied, C.
- Javaux, E.J., meer
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Reconstructing the spatial distribution of early eukaryotes in palaeoenvironments through Proterozoic sedimentary basins provides important information about their palaeoecology and taphonomic conditions. Here, we combine the geological context and a reconstruction of palaeoenvironmental redox conditions (using iron speciation) with quantitative analysis of microfossil assemblages (eukaryotes and incertae sedis), to provide the first palaeoecological model for the Atar/EI Mreiti Group of the Taoudeni Basin. Our model suggests that in the late Mesoproterozoic early Neoproterozoic, the availability of both molecular oxygen and nutrients controlled eukaryotic diversity, higher in oxic shallow marginal marine environments, while coccoidal colonies and benthic microbial mats dominated respectively in anoxic iron-rich and euxinic waters during marine highstands or away from shore where eukaryotes are lower or absent. |
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