Ordovician ostracodes from the Komstad Limestone

The results of a pilot study on late Arenigian ostracodes of Bornholm, Demnark, are reported. The hard thermally altered limestone was disintegrated with sodium hyposulphite, the yielded ostracode material is of satisfactory preservation. The ten identified genera include palaeocopes (Glossomorphites, Aulacopsis, Ctenentoma, Asteusloffia, Euprimites), eridostracans (Conchoprimitia), cytherelliformes (Unisuicopleura) and metacopes (Elliptocyprites, Longiscula, Microcheilinella and "Silenis"). The studied ostracode assemblage shows resemblance to that of the Central Baltoscandian Confacies Belt.