TY - DATA T1 - A carbonate carbon isotope record for the late Givetian (Middle Devonian) Global Taghanic Biocrisis in the type region (northern Appalachian Basin) PY - 2016/06/21 AU - James J. Zambito IV AU - Michael M. Joachimski AU - Carlton E. Brett AU - Gordon C. Baird AU - Z. Sarah Aboussalam UR - https://geolsoc.figshare.com/articles/dataset/A_carbonate_carbon_isotope_record_for_the_late_Givetian_Middle_Devonian_Global_Taghanic_Biocrisis_in_the_type_region_northern___Appalachian_Basin_/3453989 DO - 10.6084/m9.figshare.3453989.v1 L4 - https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/5424653 KW - Appalachian Basin KW - taxa KW - carbonate carbon isotope record KW - type region KW - zonal KW - carbon isotope record KW - Devonian KW - bioevent KW - biocrisis type region KW - semialternan KW - Global Taghanic Biocrisis KW - carbon record excursion KW - fauna KW - carbon isotope excursions KW - Geology N2 - During the Global Taghanic Biocrisis (c. 385 Ma), Middle Devonian faunas worldwide underwent extinction. In the biocrisis type region, the northern Appalachian Basin, biodiversity changes occurred through three bioevents that ultimately resulted in the loss of numerous endemic taxa. Carbon isotope excursions during this biocrisis have been documented in various stratigraphic successions, but never in the type region. Herein, we reconstruct changes in δ13Ccarb from the biocrisis type region and compare these changes to local faunal transitions. An approximately 1.5‰ negative excursion corresponds to the first bioevent, a time of inferred global warming and replacement of most endemic taxa of the mid-palaeolatitude Appalachian Basin by invasive palaeoequatorial taxa. An approximately 2‰ positive excursion is associated with the second bioevent, recognized as a return of the endemic fauna and the loss of invasive taxa. This positive excursion occurs near the Polygnathus ansatus–Ozarkodina semialternans zonal boundary and is recognized elsewhere. Faunal cosmopolitanism associated with the third bioevent corresponds with an inflection in the carbon isotope record from negative to positive trending values, which agrees with a positive carbon record excursion seen elsewhere at the semialternans–Schmidtognathus hermanni zonal boundary. This new carbon isotope record provides an important reference for recognizing this biocrisis in other areas and facies. ER -