The Lower Palaeozoic rocks of the Valhallfonna Formation are exposed along the coast of the Valhallfonna glacier in North Ny Friesland, North-Eastern Spitsbergen. Although the basic stratigraphy and faunas (in particular trilobites and graptolites) have been previously described, there has been little attempt to study the entire fauna in detail. The main aim of the field work was to sample for Brachiopods and Gastropods, which remain largely unknown.

Principal investigator

Lars Holmer
Department of Earth Sciences, Palaeobiology, Uppsala University