DOI: 10.5061/dryad.98sf7m0qd
title: Data from: Latest Ordovician (Hirnantian) brachiopod faunal lists used for non-matric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) and network analyses

description: A total of 107 brachiopod genera of Hirnantian age among 42 localities
 worldwide are compiled into a binary dataset (Table S1; presence =1,
 absence = 0). The majority of the faunal lists was derived from the
 well-screened Hirnantian brachiopod faunal data of Rong et al. (2020). In
 this study, the Hirnantian faunal lists are updated for the following
 localities: Anticosti Island, eastern Canada; Edgewood region,
 American Mid-Continent; Mackenzie Mountains, northwestern Canada. Detailed
 discussions on these faunal update and references are provided in the main
 paper (section on Paleobiogeography of the Mackenzie Mountains Hirnantian
 fauna). 
description: The faunal list data were collected from the following
 sources: Taxonomic study of the Hirnantian
 brachiopods from the Mackenzie Mountains (this study).
 Taxonomic reassessment of Hirnantian-age brachiopods from
 Anticosti Island (eastern Canada) and the Edgewood region (American
 Mid-continent).  Existing publications that reports
 Hirnantian-age brachiopods.  The dataset
 consists of supplemental data from "Latest Ordovician (Hirnantian)
 brachiopod faunal lists used for non-matric multidimensional scaling
 (NMDS) and network analyses" (see Figs. 3 and 4 of main
 paper)
description: # Late Ordovician (Hirnantian) brachiopod faunal list used for
 multivariate and network analyses Data Structure: Cases (Column 1:
 localities) Variables (Row 1: brachiopod genera; 1=presence; 0=absence)
 Data was derived from the following sources (see Data Description):
 Multivariate (including network) analyses of Hirnantian brachiopod faunas
 from Laurentia and other tectonic plates (Fig. 3 and Fig.4 of the main
 paper) is based on the dataset Table-S1 Hirnantian Faunal List.xlsx. The
 datasheet file (Hirnantian Faunal List.xlsx) contains two sheets: Sheet 1
 without singletons: In this data sheet, 67 genera are listed. Among the
 genera listed in sheet 2, a genus is omitted if it is known from only a
 single locality. This is the datasheet used for Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 of the
 main paper because singleton genera do not contribute to network
 relationships. Sheet 2 with singletons: In this datasheet, 107 genera are
 listed, regardless whether a genus is known from a single locality or from
 multiple localities. This datasheet is provided for completeness of the
 Hirnantian faunal list only. In this dataset, the brachiopod genera of
 Hirnantian age among 42 localities worldwide are compiled into a binary
 dataset (Table-S1; presence =1, absence = 0). The majority of the faunal
 lists was derived from the well-screened Hirnantian brachiopod faunal data
 of Rong et al. (2020). In this study, the Hirnantian faunal lists are
 updated for the following localities: Anticosti Island, eastern Canada;
 Edgewood region, American Mid-Continent; Mackenzie Mountains, northwestern
 Canada. Detailed discussions on these faunal update and references are
 provided in the main paper (section on Paleobiogeography of the Mackenzie
 Mountains Hirnantian fauna). Reference: Rong, J.Y., Harper, D.A.T., Huang,
 B., Li, R.Y, Zhang, X.L., and Chen, D., 2020, The latest Ordovician
 Hirnantian brachiopod faunas: New global insights. Earth-Science Reviews,
 v. 208, 103280.