Australian Museum Journal A new siphonotretid brachiopod from the Silurian of central-western New South Wales, Australia

Shortform:

Valentine and Brock, 2003, Rec. Aust. Mus. 55(2): 231–244

Author(s):

Valentine, James L.; Brock, Glenn A.

Year published:

2003

Title:

A new siphonotretid brachiopod from the Silurian of central-western New South Wales, Australia

Serial title:

Records of the Australian Museum

Volume:

55

Issue:

2

Start page:

231

End page:

244

DOI:

10.3853/j.0067-1975.55.2003.1378

Language:

English

Date published:

13 August 2003

Cover date:

13 August 2003

ISSN:

0067-1975

CODEN:

RAUMAJ

Publisher:

The Australian Museum

Place published:

Sydney, Australia

Subjects:

BRACHIOPODA; SILURIAN; PALAEONTOLOGY

Digitized:

13 August 2003

Available online:

13 August 2003

Reference number:

1378

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Abstract

A new genus and species of Silurian siphonotretid brachiopod, Orbaspina gelasinus n.gen. and n.sp., is described from the late Llandovery (amorphognathoides Zone) to early Wenlock (ranuliformis Zone) Boree Creek Formation of central-western New South Wales, Australia. This represents the first confirmed report of a post-Ordovician siphonotretid from east Gondwana. Other supposed post-Ordovician siphonotretid occurrences are reviewed. Higher-level taxonomic relationships between the Siphonotretida and other linguliformean groups are discussed; based on present knowledge, the siphonotretids appear closest to the lingulellotretids or dysoristids.