Paraconodont Westergaardodina in the Lower Ordovician of the Prague Basin, Czech Republic

 

Authors: Mergl M

Published in: Bulletin of Geosciences, volume 81, issue 4; pages: 305 - 308; Received 23 January 2006; Accepted in revised form 12 October 2006;

Keywords: Paraconodonta, Westergaardodina, Ordovician, Tremadocian, Prague Basin, Czech Republic,

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Abstract

The morphology of elements of the paraconodont genus Westergaardodina found in the Early Ordovician deposits of Bohemia resembles that of the Late Cambrian species W. bicuspidata and W. polymorpha. The presence of Westergaardodina is consistent with the suggested Upper Tremadocian age of its horizon, as reworking of the Upper Cambrian sediment seems unlikely for geological and taphonomic reasons. This is the first report of this genus from the Ordovician in the European part of peri-Gondwana.

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