Algae from Early and Middle Devonian limestones, Tamworth Belt, New South Wales, Australia
In: Alcheringa: an Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. Graphic Services: Sydney. ISSN 0311-5518; e-ISSN 1752-0754, more
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Geological time > Phanerozoic > Paleozoic > Palaeozoic > Devonian > Devonian, Lower > Emsian
Geological time > Phanerozoic > Paleozoic > Palaeozoic > Devonian > Devonian, Middle > Eifelian
Rhodophyceae [WoRMS]
Australia, New South Wales [Marine Regions]
Marine/Coastal |
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algae; Devonian; Emsian; Eifelian; Yarrimie Formation; Sulcor LimestoneMember; Moore Creek Limestone Member; Tamworth Belt; carbonate microfacies; New South Wales |
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- Mamet, B., more
- Pohler, S.M.L.
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| Abstract |
Eighteen genera of cosmopolitan marine algae are reported from Emsian and Eifelian limestones of New South Wales. Couvinianella, Paralitanaia, Perrierella, Pseudo-palaeoporella and Renalcis are the most abundant taxa. Three distinctive floras are recognized: a prolific dasycladale-coccoid assemblage; a diverse udoteacean assemblage; and an undiversified udoteacean assemblage. None of these floras has a precise stratigraphic significance, although they indicate a latest Silurian-Middle Devonian age. Maslovina australense sp. nov. is described. |
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