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Triassic conodonts from Svalbard and their Boreal correlations.

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  • Hans Arne Nakrem
  • Mike J. Orchard
  • Wolfgang Weitschat
  • Mark W. Hounslow
  • Tyler W. Beatty
  • Atle Mork
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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>12/2008
<mark>Journal</mark>Polar Research
Issue number3
Volume27
Number of pages17
Pages (from-to)523-539
Publication StatusPublished
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

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.