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Chitinozoa from the Early Devonian (Lochkovian–Pragian) Garra Limestone, central New South Wales, Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

Theresa Winchester-Seeto
Theresa Winchester-Seeto*
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Centre for Ecostratigraphy and Palaeoecology, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, 2109, Australia
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Abstract

Chitinozoa have been recovered from three sections within the Garra Limestone in central New South Wales, Australia. A total of 31 species are identified and two new species, Angochitina hypenetes and Bursachitina mawsonae, are described. Three stratigraphically distinct assemblages from the late Lochkovian to the early Pragian are distinguished and compared with faunas of a similar age from Europe and northern Africa.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 67 , Issue 5 , September 1993 , pp. 738 - 758
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