Triassic conodonts from Svalbard and their Boreal correlations.

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Nakrem, Hans Arne, Orchard, Mike J., Weitschat, Wolfgang, Hounslow, Mark W., Beatty, Tyler W., Mork, Atle
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Arctic; Svalbard; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/26873/; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-8369.2008.00076.x

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, and is herein used to construct a conodont-based biochronology indexed to the current lithostratigraphic nomenclature. Twenty-eight taxa spanning the earliest Griesbachian – 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.