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The Conodont Biofacies Model of Shallow Paleoenvironments in the Frasnian (Late Devonian)

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This article considers various criteria for distinguishing conodont biofacies and principles of reconstruction of conodont paleoecological models. The proposed model of conodont biofacies is based on the distribution of these animals in the Frasnian (Upper Devonian) of the Voronezh anteclise (central regions of the Russian Platform).

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors are grateful to G.M. Sedaeva for advices and encouragement and to N.V. Goreva, E.L. Zaitseva, N.G. Izokh, and A.N. Plotitsyn for useful criticism and comments.

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This work was performed within the framework of state assignment no. AAAA16-116042010088-5 (Evolution of Geodynamic Environments and Global Natural Processes) of the Museum of Earth Science of Lomonosov Moscow State University and no. AAAA16-116033010097-5 (Paleontological and Stratigraphic Characteristics of Phanerozoic and Late Proterozoic Deposits in Russia and Adjacent Areas) and no. AAAA16-116033010120-0 (Dynamics of Sedimentary Rock Formation Processes (Modern and in the Geological Past) under Various Structural and Geological Conditions and Their Evolution) of the Faculty of Geology of Lomonosov Moscow State University.

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Nazarova, V.M., Kirilishina, E.M., Kononova, L.I. et al. The Conodont Biofacies Model of Shallow Paleoenvironments in the Frasnian (Late Devonian). Moscow Univ. Geol. Bull. 78, 34–45 (2023). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0145875223010167

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