Ozarkodina Explained
Ozarkodina is an extinct genus of conodonts in the family Spathognathodontidae.
Use in stratigraphy
Ozarkodina snajdri forms a subdivision of the Pseudomonoclimacis latilobus graptolite zone in the Burgsvik beds Silurian formation in Sweden.[1] An Ozarkodina snajdri crispa zone has also been identified in the Wills Creek in Virginia.[2]
Ozarkodina derenjalensis is found in the Silurian of the Niur Formation in Iran.[3]
The Kellwasser event in the Devonian which saw the extinction of all Ozarkodina species is reported in the list of Global Boundary Stratotype Sections and Points.
External links
Notes and References
- Conodont-based revisions of the Late Ludfordian on Gotland, Sweden. Jeppsson L., GFF, December 2005, volume 127, issue 4, pages 273–282, Retrieved 2007-08-10.
- Harris, A.G., Stamm, N.R., Weary, D.J., Repetski, J.E., Stamm, R.G., and Parker, R.A., 1994, Conodont color alteration index (CAI) map and conodont-based age determinations for the Winchester 30' x 60' quadrangle and adjacent area, Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map, MF-2239, 40 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:100,000 http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_294.htm
- A new early Silurian prioniodontid conodont with three P elements from Iran and associated species. Peep Männik, C. Giles Miller and Vachik Hairapetian, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2015, volume 60, issue 3, pages 733–746,
