Lower Devonian ischnacanthid fish (Gnathostomata: Acanthodii) from the Taemas Limestone,Lake Burrinjuck,New South Wales |
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| Authors: | ID Lindley |
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| Institution: | Department of Geology , The Australian National University , Canberra, A.C.T. 0200, Australia E-mail: lindley@geology.ami.edu.au |
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| Abstract: | Dentigerous jawbones of ischnacanthid acanthodians from the Lower Devonian Currajong Limestone Member and the lower part of the Bloomfield Limestone Member of the Taemas Limestone (Murrumbidgee Group: early Emsian) in the Murrumbidgee valley at Good Hope, Taemas district, and the Goodradigbee valley at Wee Jasper are described. Three taxa of Taemasacanthus are recognized: T. sp. cf. erroli Long, 1986; T. narrengullenensis sp. nov. and T. cooradigbeensis sp. nov. Fragmentary fin spine remains and scales are also described. |
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| Keywords: | Acanthodian lschnacanthida Lower Devonian Emsian Taemas Wee Jasper Murrumbidgee Group Taemas Limestone Currajong Limestone Member Bloomfield Limestone Member |
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