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An Early Cretaceous stratigraphic marker fossil in the High Arctic: the belemnite Arctoteuthis bluethgeni

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 October 2019

Peter Alsen Open the ORCID record for Peter Alsen [Opens in a new window] ,
Mads E. Jelby ,
Kasia K. Śliwińska Open the ORCID record for Kasia K. Śliwińska [Opens in a new window]  and
Jörg Mutterlose
Peter Alsen*
Affiliation:
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark
Mads E. Jelby
Affiliation:
Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark
Kasia K. Śliwińska
Affiliation:
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark
Jörg Mutterlose
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Mineralogy and Geophysics, Ruhr-University Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
*
Author for correspondence: Peter Alsen, Email: pal@geus.dk
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Abstract

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.

Keywords

Belemnitecurved rostraRurikfjellet FormationWimanfjellet MemberSvalbard
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Original Article
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Geological Magazine , Volume 157 , Special Issue 10: Mesozoic of the Arctic , October 2020 , pp. 1715 - 1728
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