Abstract
A limestone sample from near the top of the Silurian carbonate sequence in Peary Land, eastern North Greenland has yielded a diverse conodont fauna referable to the celloni Zone. By comparison with faunas from Britain, a Telychian age is indicated. One new species, Ozarkodina broenlundi, is recognised and a new multi-element reconstruction of Oulodus? fluegeli (Walliser) is suggested.
Highlights
A limestone sample from near the top of the Silurian carbonate sequence in Peary Land, eastern North Greenland has yielded a diverse conodont fauna referable to the celloni Zone
Strata of Proterozoic and lower Palaeozoic age are exposed over wide areas in North Greenland
The eastern limit ofthe undeforrned platform sequence is in south Peary Land, where the area around Jørgen Brønlund Fjord has received most attention from expeditions
Summary
The conodont collection recovered by acetic acid digestion of 5 kg of limestone comprises more than 600 identifiable elements, together with a number of fragmentary specimens. Many of the specimens are well-preserved, their black colouration masks the distribution of white matter. As the sample is isolated and relatively small, it is not possibIe to assign all the elements with certainty to multi-element taxa, but relationships between most of the forms may be suggested. Uncertain assignments are indicated in the faunallist given below
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