Revision of the Darriwilian (Middle Ordovician) conodonts documented by Watson (1988) from subsurface Canning Basin, Western Australia

The conodonts documented by Watson form one of the best-known middle Darriwilian faunas from Australia. The present contribution is based on the re-examination of this material. Thirty-one conodont species from the subsurface Goldwyer and Nita formations of the Santalum 1 A drill core section of the...

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Published in:Alcheringa (Sydney) 2020-04, Vol.44 (2), p.217-252
Main Author: Zhen, Yong Yi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
biostratigraphy
Canning Basin
Conodonts
Darriwilian
Middle Ordovician
Western Australia
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Summary:The conodonts documented by Watson form one of the best-known middle Darriwilian faunas from Australia. The present contribution is based on the re-examination of this material. Thirty-one conodont species from the subsurface Goldwyer and Nita formations of the Santalum 1 A drill core section of the Canning Basin, Western Australia are documented and described, including two new species, Belodina watsoni sp. nov. and Scalpellodus percivali sp. nov. The revised fauna is characterized by diagnostic species, namely Histiodella holodentata, Histiodella triangularis, and Eoplacognathus pseudoplanus. It provides compelling evidence to correlate this stratigraphic interval represented by the upper part of the Goldwyer and overlying Nita formations in the Santalum 1 A drill core section to the Histiodella holodentata or Eoplacognathus pseudoplanus biozones of middle Darriwilian age. However, in the Canning Basin, the faunal change signaled by the disappearance of H. holodentata and appearance of E. pseudoplanus reflects shifting of depositional settings from intermediate to outer shelf environments to shallower inner shelf conditions, coinciding with a regional regression event. New taxonomic data also enable more precise regional correlation of middle Darriwilian rocks across the Canning Basin and the Amadeus and Georgina basins in northern-central Australia. Y.Y. Zhen [ yong-yi.zhen@planning.nsw.gov.au ], Geological Survey of New South Wales, Division of Mining, Exploration and Geoscience, Department of Regional New South Wales, W.B. Clarke Geoscience Centre, 947-953 Londonderry Road, Londonderry NSW, 2753, Australia.
ISSN:0311-5518
1752-0754
DOI:10.1080/03115518.2020.1737227