83 JP 167 (Ordovician of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.5° N, 13.0° E: paleocoordinates 78.5° N, 13.0° E)

When: Limestone Member (Bulltinden Formation), Early/Lower Ordovician (485.4 - 470.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

• 30-80 m thick and consists of sheared, dark limestones

Size class: microfossils

Primary reference: H. A. Armstrong, H. A. Nakrem, and Y. Ohta. 1986. Ordovician conodonts from the Bulltinden Formation, Motalafjella, central-western Spitsbergen. Polar Research 4:17-23 [E. Jarochowska/E. Jarochowska]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 186596: authorized by Emilia Jarochowska, entered by Sarah Haegele on 27.06.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Conodonta
 Prioniodontida - Balognathidae
Prioniodus ? abbatus
 Belodellida - Dapsilodontidae
? Dapsilodus sp.
? Dapsilodus sp. Cooper 1976 conodont
 Belodellida - Belodellidae
Walliserodus sp.
Walliserodus sp. Serpagli 1967 conodont
 Panderodontida - Panderodontidae
Panderodus sp., ? Belodina sp.
Panderodus sp. Ethington 1959 conodont
? Belodina sp. Ethington 1959 conodont
 Ozarkodinida -
Periodon aculeatus
Periodon aculeatus Hadding 1913 conodont
 Protopanderodontida - Acanthodontidae
? Scalpellodus sp.
? Scalpellodus sp. Dzik 1976 conodont