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Devonian brachiopods from the Fitzroy Basin, Western Australia

Created 16/10/2025

Updated 16/10/2025

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Brachiopods are represented in the Devonian fauna of the Fitzroy Basin by at least 46 species, three of which come from the upper Middle Devonian, and the rest from the Upper Devonian. These species (32 new, 11 indeterminate, 3 previously described) represent 38 genera (5 new, 7 indeterminate) which are distributed among the brachiopod superfamilies as follows:- 1 orthacean 9 dalmanellaceans 1 pentameracean 4 strophomenaceans 2 orthotetaceans 6 productaceans 1 chonetacean 9 rhynchonellaceans 4 atrypaceans 4 smooth spiriferaceans 2 rostrospiraceans 3 terebratulaceans. The new genera are Teichertina (family OnnieIlidae), Zophostrophia (Stropheodontidae), Fitzroyella (Camarotoechiidae), Nyege (Coelospiridae) and Ladjia (Spiriferidae). The only members of the brachiopod fauna not dealt with are the inarticulates and the ribbed spiriferaceans.

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Title Devonian brachiopods from the Fitzroy Basin, Western Australia
Language eng
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Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/113bcccf-91fe-487b-aac4-325ff9df3803
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Reference Period 20/04/2018
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Devonian brachiopods from the Fitzroy Basin, Western Australia". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/devonian-brachiopods-from-the-fitzroy-basin-western-australia