Lower Triassic conodonts from Hornsund, South Spitsbergen

Lower Triassic (Dienerian) conodont fauna determined from the Myalina marker horizon of the Vardebukta Formation at Hornsund, Spitsbergen, includes: Ellisonia triassica Muller, Neospathodus dieneri Sweet, N. peculiaris Sweet and N. svalbardensis Trammer, sp. n. This is the first record of the Triass...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Birkenmajer, Krzysztof, Trammer, Jerzy
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Institute of Geology University of Warsaw 1975
Subjects:
Hornsund
Svalbard
Spitsbergen
Online Access:https://gq.pgi.gov.pl/agp/article/view/9871
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Summary:Lower Triassic (Dienerian) conodont fauna determined from the Myalina marker horizon of the Vardebukta Formation at Hornsund, Spitsbergen, includes: Ellisonia triassica Muller, Neospathodus dieneri Sweet, N. peculiaris Sweet and N. svalbardensis Trammer, sp. n. This is the first record of the Triassic conodonts from Svalbard. The age of the Vardebukta Formation at Hornsund is determined as the Griesbachian and Dienerian.

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