Triassic conodonts from Svalbard and their Boreal correlations

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Nakrem, Hans Arne, Orchard, Michael J., Weitschat, Wolfgang, Hounslow, Mark W., Beatty, Tyler W., Mørk, Atle
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2008
• Subjects: Arctic; Svalbard; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2905; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v27i3.6190

Conodont faunas are described from Triassic sections of Svalbard, and their occurrences are locally correlated with established ammonoid zones. With a synthesis of previous conodont-based publications, the current work presents a taxonomically up-to-date compilation of conodont data for the Triassic of Svalbard that is used to construct a conodont-based biochronology, indexed to the current lithostratigraphic nomenclature. Twenty-eight taxa spanning the earliest Griesbachian to the earliest Carnian are presented in a range chart. The examined conodont faunas are correlated with well-established conodont zonations of the Canadian Arctic, and in turn also form the basis for regional correlations.