A Late Ordovician Conodont Fauna from the Lower Limestone Member of the Benjamin Limestone in Central Tasmania, and Revision of 'Tasmanognathus careyi' Burrett, 1979
A Late Ordovician Conodont Fauna from the Lower Limestone Member of the Benjamin Limestone in Central Tasmania, and Revision of 'Tasmanognathus careyi' Burrett, 1979
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2010-07
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Y. Zhen;C. Burrett;Ig Percival;B. Lin
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Y. Zhen;C. Burrett;Ig Percival;B. Lin
Ten conodont species, including 'Aphelognathus?' sp., Belodina compressa, Chirognathus tricostatus sp. nov., Drepanodus sp., gen. et sp. indet., 'Panderodus gracilis', 'Protopanderodus?' 'nogamii', 'Phragmodus undatus', 'Tasmanognathus careyi' and T. sp. cf. T. 'careyi' are documented from the Lower Limestone Member of the Benjamin Limestone, Gordon Group, exposed in the Florentine Valley and Everlasting Hills region of central Tasmania. For the . rst time since its establishment three decades ago, the type species of 'Tasmanognathus', T. 'careyi', is revised with recognition of a septimembrate apparatus including makellate M, alate Sa, digyrate Sb, bipennate Sc, tertiopedate Sd, carminate Pa, and Pb (angulate Pb1 and pastinate Pb2) elements. Co-occurrence of 'Phragmodus undatus' and 'Belodina compressa' in the fauna indicates a latest Sandbian to earliest Katian ('Phragmodus undatus' conodont Zone) age for the Lower Limestone Member of the Benjamin Limestone. All species previously attributed to 'Tasmanognathus' are briefly reviewed, and the distribution of the genus is shown to be more widespread than hitherto recognised (in New South Wales, North China, Tarim Basin, South Korea and northeast Russia), with a probable occurrence in North American Midcontinental faunas.