Microflora of the middle Proterozoic Balbirini Dolomite (McArthur Group) of Australia |
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| Authors: | Dorothy Zeller Oehler |
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| Affiliation: | 1. C.S.I.R.O., Baas Becking Geobiological Laboratory , P.O. Box 378, Canberra City, A.C.T., Australia , 2601;2. Continental Oil Company;3. Exploration Research Division , P.O. Box 1267, Ponca City, Oklahoma, 74601, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | New genera of the Spiriferidae are described from the Permian sequences of the Carnarvon, Canning and Bonaparte Gulf Basins of Western and northwestern Australia. New taxa described are Latispirifer gen. nov. with type species Latispirifer callytharrensis sp. nov. and Latispirifer amplissimus sp. nov.; Costatispirifer gen. nov. with type species Costatispirifer gracilis sp. nov.; Cratispirifer gen. nov. with type species Cratispirifer nuraensis sp. nov. and Crassispirifer gen. nov. with type species Spirifer rostalinus Hosking (1931) and Crassispirifer pinguis sp. nov. The holotype and only extant specimen of Spirifer kimberleyensis Foord (1890) is re-examined and is assigned to Crassispirifer gen. nov. with a query. |
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| Keywords: | Miocene palynoflora palaeofloristics New South Wales palynostratigraphy Australia biostratigraphy palaeoclimate |
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