FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI The Cabrières Biota (France) provides insights into Ordovician polar ecosystems BT AF Saleh, Farid Lustri, Lorenzo Gueriau, Pierre Potin, Gaëtan J.-M. Pérez-Peris, Francesc Laibl, Lukáš Jamart, Valentin Vite, Antoine Antcliffe, Jonathan B. Daley, Allison C. Nohejlová, Martina Dupichaud, Christophe Schöder, Sebastian Bérard, Emilie Lynch, Sinéad Drage, Harriet B. Vaucher, Romain Vidal, Muriel Monceret, Eric Monceret, Sylvie Lefebvre, Bertrand AS 1:1;2:1;3:1,2;4:1;5:1,3;6:4;7:1;8:1,5;9:1;10:1;11:6;12:5;13:7;14:7;15:1;16:1;17:1,8;18:9;19:10;20:10;21:5; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:;10:;11:;12:;13:;14:;15:;16:;17:;18:;19:;20:;21:; C1 Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, ministère de la Culture, UVSQ, MNHN, Institut photonique d’analyse non-destructive européen des matériaux anciens, Saint-Aubin, France Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geology, Prague, Czech Republic Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, CNRS, UMR5276, LGL-TPE, Villeurbanne, France Czech Geological Survey, Prague, Czech Republic Synchrotron SOLEIL, L’Orme des merisiers, Gif-sur-Yvette, France Department of Earth Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland Univ Brest, CNRS, Ifremer, Geo-Ocean, UMR 6538, Plouzané, France Société d’Etudes Scientifiques de l’Aude, Carcassonne, France C2 UNIV LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND UNIV PARIS-SACLAY, FRANCE UNIV IOWA, USA CZECH ACAD SCI, CZECH REPUBLIC UNIV LYON, FRANCE CZECH GEOL SURVEY, CZECH REPUBLIC SYNCHROTRON SOLEIL, FRANCE UNIV GENEVA, SWITZERLAND UBO, FRANCE SESA, FRANCE SI BREST SE UMR-LGO UM GEO-OCEAN IF 16.8 TC 0 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00876/98835/108487.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00876/98835/108488.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00876/98835/108489.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Palaeoecology;Palaeontology AB Early Palaeozoic sites with soft-tissue preservation are predominantly found in Cambrian rocks and tend to capture past tropical and temperate ecosystems. In this study, we describe the diversity and preservation of the Cabrières Biota, a newly discovered Early Ordovician Lagerstätte from Montagne Noire, southern France. The Cabrières Biota showcases a diverse polar assemblage of both biomineralized and soft-bodied organisms predominantly preserved in iron oxides. Echinoderms are extremely scarce, while sponges and algae are abundantly represented. Non-biomineralized arthropod fragments are also preserved, along with faunal elements reminiscent of Cambrian Burgess Shale-type ecosystems, such as armoured lobopodians. The taxonomic diversity observed in the Cabrières Biota mixes Early Ordovician Lagerstätten taxa with Cambrian forms. By potentially being the closest Lagerstätte to the South Pole, the Cabrières Biota probably served as a biotic refuge amid the high-water temperatures of the Early Ordovician, and shows comparable ecological structuring to modern polar communities. PY 2024 PD APR SO Nature Ecology & Evolution SN 2397-334X PU Springer Science and Business Media LLC VL 8 BP 651 EP 662 DI 10.1038/s41559-024-02331-w ID 98835 ER EF