Westergaardodina

Westergaardodina is a species-rich genus of spine, U or W-shaped paraconodont[3] known from Middle Cambrian to Lower Ordovician strata.[4][5]

Westergaardodina Temporal range: middle Cambrian-lower Ordovician PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Conodonta
Order:	†Paraconodontida
Family:	†Westergaardodinidae
Genus:	†Westergaardodina Müller, 1959[1]
Species
†Westergaardodina asinina Bagnoli & Stouge, 2014[2] †Westergaardodina brevidens †Westergaardodina quadrata †Westergaardodina matsushitai †Westergaardodina grandidens †Westergaardodina lui †Westergaardodina ani †Westergaardodina bohlini †Westergaardodina cf. calix †Westergaardodina proligula †Westergaardodina ligula †Westergaardodina cf. behrae †Westergaardodina tricuspidata †Westergaardodina bicuspidata †Westergaardodina amplicava †Westergaardodina nogamii †Westergaardodina moessebergensis †Westergaardodina curvata †Westergaardodina latidentata †Westergaardodina excentrica †Westergaardodina obliqua †Westergaardodina cf. ahlbergi †Westergaardodina auris †Westergaardodina communis †Westergaardodina concamerata †Westergaardodina dimorpha †Westergaardodina fossa †Westergaardodina gigantea †Westergaardodina horizontalis †Westergaardodina kleva †Westergaardodina microdentata †Westergaardodina polymorpha †Westergaardodina procera †Westergaardodina prominens †Westergaardodina sola †Westergaardodina tetragonia †Westergaardodina wimani

Use in stratigraphy

Paibi, a village in Hunan, China, is the location of the Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) which marks the boundary between the Miaolingian and Furongian epochs of the Cambrian Period on the geologic time scale. The GSSP was ratified by the International Union of Geological Sciences in late 2003. It established the first formally agreed upon subdivision of the Cambrian. Markers which occur near the boundary include the first appearance of Westergaardodina proligula and the Steptoean positive carbon isotope excursion, a large positive shift in carbon-13 isotopes.[6][7]

References

1. Kambrische Conodonten. Klaus J. Müller, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft Band 111 (1959), pages 434-485
2. Upper Furongian (Cambrian) conodonts from the Degerhamn quarry road section, southern Öland, Sweden. Bagnoli G and Stouge S, 2014, GFF, doi:10.1080/11035897.2013.858768
3. Murdock, Duncan J. E.; Dong, Xi-Ping; Repetski, John E.; Marone, Federica; Stampanoni, Marco; Donoghue, Philip C. J. (2013-10-24). "Descriptive terminology of paraconodont and euconodont elements. : The origin of conodonts and of vertebrate mineralized skeletons : Nature : Nature Publishing Group". Nature. 502 (7472): 546–549. doi:10.1038/nature12645. PMID 24132236.
4. Xiping, D.; Repetski, J. E.; Bergström, S. M. (2004). "Conodont Biostratigraphy of the Middle Cambrian through Lowermost Ordovician in Hunan, South China". Acta Geologica Sinica – English Edition. 78 (6): 1185. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2004.tb00776.x.
5. Muller, K.J.; Hinz, I (1991). Upper Cambrian Conodonts from Sweden. Fossils and Strata. 28. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. pp. 1–153. ISBN 978-82-00-37475-6.
6. "Proposed Global Standard Stratotype-Section and Point for the Paibian Stage and Furongian Series (Upper Cambrian)". Retrieved 2006-06-30.
7. "Another "Golden Spike" in China". International Union of Geological Sciences. 28 November 2003. Archived from the original on November 15, 2004. Retrieved 2006-06-30.

External links

• Data related to Westergaardodina at Wikispecies