An Early Cretaceous stratigraphic marker fossil in the High Arctic: the belemnite Arctoteuthis bluethgeni
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An Early Cretaceous stratigraphic marker fossil in the High Arctic : the belemnite Arctoteuthis bluethgeni. / Alsen, Peter; Jelby, Mads E.; Śliwińska, Kasia K.; Mutterlose, Jörg.
In: Geological Magazine, Vol. 157, No. 10, 1715-1728, 2020.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - An Early Cretaceous stratigraphic marker fossil in the High Arctic
T2 - the belemnite Arctoteuthis bluethgeni
AU - Alsen, Peter
AU - Jelby, Mads E.
AU - Śliwińska, Kasia K.
AU - Mutterlose, Jörg
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - The original description of the large and characteristic belemnite species Arctoteuthis bluethgeni Doyle was based on fragmentary material from a relatively uncertain stratigraphic interval in Kong Karls Land, Svalbard. Recent collection of a belemnite assemblage in the Lower Cretaceous Rurikfjellet Formation on Spitsbergen include numerous complete specimens, allowing a detailed description of the species. With the exception of a specimen reported from Arctic Canada, its distribution is restricted to Svalbard. Its stratigraphic range appears to be restricted to the upper Valanginian - lower Hauterivian from ages obtained from palynostratigraphy. A. bluethgeni is therefore considered to be a useful Lower Cretaceous guide fossil in the Boreal High Arctic.
AB - The original description of the large and characteristic belemnite species Arctoteuthis bluethgeni Doyle was based on fragmentary material from a relatively uncertain stratigraphic interval in Kong Karls Land, Svalbard. Recent collection of a belemnite assemblage in the Lower Cretaceous Rurikfjellet Formation on Spitsbergen include numerous complete specimens, allowing a detailed description of the species. With the exception of a specimen reported from Arctic Canada, its distribution is restricted to Svalbard. Its stratigraphic range appears to be restricted to the upper Valanginian - lower Hauterivian from ages obtained from palynostratigraphy. A. bluethgeni is therefore considered to be a useful Lower Cretaceous guide fossil in the Boreal High Arctic.
KW - Belemnite
KW - Curved rostra
KW - Rurikfjellet Formation
KW - Svalbard
KW - Wimanfjellet Member
U2 - 10.1017/S0016756819000803
DO - 10.1017/S0016756819000803
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85073254136
VL - 157
JO - Geological Magazine
JF - Geological Magazine
SN - 0016-7568
IS - 10
M1 - 1715-1728
ER -
ID: 241749499