83 JP 168 (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: Boulder Conglomerate Member (Bulltinden Formation), Early/Lower Ordovician (485.4 - 470.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lithified conglomerate and lithified, sandy shale

• between 30m and 250m thick, and comprises conglomerates and sandstone-shale alternations

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 186652: authorized by Emilia Jarochowska, entered by Sarah Haegele on 29.06.2017

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Taxonomic list

Conodonta
 Panderodontida - Panderodontidae
Panderodus sp. Ethington 1959 conodont