Algae from Early and Middle Devonian limestones,tamworth belt,New South Wales,Australia |
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| Authors: | Bernard Mamet Susanne ML Pohler |
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| Institution: | 1. Geologie Association , Université Libre de Bruxelles, Avenue F.D. Roosevelt 50 , B.P. 161/02, B-1050, Bruxelles, Belgium E-mail: pohlers@usp.fj;2. Geologische Bundesanstalt , Rasumofskygasse 23, A-1031, Vienna, Austria |
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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, Pseudopalaeoporella 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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| Keywords: | Algae Devonian Emsian Eifelian Yarrimie Formation Sulcor Limestone Member Moore Creek Limestone Member Tamworth Belt carbonate microfacies New South Wales |
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