Scientific Committee

Thomas SERVAIS (Chair; Lille, France)

David A. T. HARPER (Durham, UK)

Olga T. OBUT (Novosibirsk, Russia)

Christian M. Ø. RASMUSSEN (Copenhagen, Denmark)

Alycia L. STIGALL (Athens, Ohio, USA)

ZHANG Yuandong (Nanjing, China)

Organizing Committee

ZHANG Yuandong (Chair), Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, China

ZHAN Renbin (Vice-Chair), Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, China

LIU Jianbo (Vice-Chair), Peking University, China

FAN Junxuan (Secretary General), Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, China

WANG Yi (Deputy Secretary General, Treasurer), Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, China

WU Rongchang, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, China

ZHU Xuejian, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, China

Lucy A. MUIR, Amgueddfa Cymru-National Museum Wales, UK

YAN Kui, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, China

TANG Peng, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, China

WANG Wenhui, Central South University, China

LI Qijian, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, China

ZHANG Linna, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, China

HOU Xudong, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, China

Sponsors

Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy (Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences), China

CAS Key Laboratory of Economic Stratigraphy and Palaeogeography, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, China

National Natural Science Foundation of China

School of Earth and Space Science, Peking University, China

Wuhan Center of Geological Survey, China Geological Survey

School of Geosciences and Info-Physics, Central South University, China

Suggested reference format:

Servais, T., Harper, D. A. T. 2018. The ‘Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event' (GOBE): the history of a term. In: Zhang, Y. D., Zhan, R. B., Fan, J. X., Muir, L. A. (eds.), Filling the Gap Between the Cambrian Explosion and the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event (GOBE)— Proceedings of the International Geoscience Programme (IGCP) Project 653 Annual Meeting, October 8th—12th, 2017, Yichang, China. Hangzhou: Zhejiang University Press, pp. XX-XX.

Front cover photograph:

Guangxiaspis guangxiensis Zhou, 1977 from the Guole Konservat-Lagerstätte (Furongian), courtesy of Dr. ZHU Xuejian