CONODONT BIOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE "OCKERKALK" (SILURIAN) FROM SOUTHEASTERN SARDINIA
Twenty-two conodont species are recognized in the Ockerkalk exposed in the Silius area (Gerrei, southeastern Sardinia). The fauna, which is the first reported from this peculiar facies, indicates a Ludlow and e.-m. Pridoli age for this limestone. Three conodont biozones (latialata, snajdri and crisp...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Milano University Press
2017-06-01
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| Series: | Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia |
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| Online Access: | https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/8596 |
| Summary: | Twenty-two conodont species are recognized in the Ockerkalk exposed in the Silius area (Gerrei, southeastern Sardinia). The fauna, which is the first reported from this peculiar facies, indicates a Ludlow and e.-m. Pridoli age for this limestone. Three conodont biozones (latialata, snajdri and crispa) are reported for the first time in Sardinia and, the Pelekysgnathus index horizon is newly recovered in Europe. |
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| ISSN: | 0035-6883 2039-4942 |