Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of Ordovician brachiopods from northeastern Ny Friesland, Spitsbergen

• Published in: Zootaxa
• Main Authors: HANSEN, JESPER, HOLMER, LARS E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Mangolia Press 2011
• Subjects: Brachiopoda; Laurentia; Linguliformea; Orthidiella zone; palaeoecology; Rhynchonelliformea; Svalbard; Ny Friesland; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.3076.1.1; https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3076.1.1

We describe Early and Middle Ordovician brachiopod faunas from northeastern Spitsbergen and discuss their biostratigraphical and palaeoecological implications. We recognise 60 species and 41 genera representing both linguliform and rhynchonelliform brachiopods. These include one new genus, the oboli...