Open AccessTriassic conodonts from Svalbard and their Boreal correlations
Author(s) -
Nakrem Hans Arne,
Orchard Michael J.,
Weitschat Wolfgang,
Hounslow Mark W.,
Beatty Tyler W.,
Mørk Atle
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
polar research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.508
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1751-8369
pISSN - 0800-0395
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-8369.2008.00076.x
Subject(s) - conodont , paleontology , geology , biochronology , boreal , taxon , arctic , biostratigraphy , oceanography
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.