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Article: Trilobites from the Giles Creek Dolostone (Cambrian Series 3, Stage 5; Templetonian) Amadeus Basin, central Australia

Papers in Palaeontology - Vol. 1 Part 2 - Cover Image
Publication: Papers in Palaeontology
Volume: 1
Part: 2
Publication Date: May 2015
Page(s): 167 200
Author(s): Patrick M. Smith, John R. Paterson and Glenn A. Brock
DOI: 10.1002/spp2.1011
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SMITH, P.M., PATERSON, J.R., BROCK, G.A. 2015. Trilobites from the Giles Creek Dolostone (Cambrian Series 3, Stage 5; Templetonian) Amadeus Basin, central Australia. Papers in Palaeontology, 1, 2, 167-200.

Author Information

  • Patrick M. Smith - Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (email: patrick-mark.smith@students.mq.edu.au)
  • John R. Paterson - School of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia (email: jpater20@une.edu.au)
  • Glenn A. Brock - Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (email: glenn.brock@mq.edu.au)

Publication History

  • Issue published online: 15 MAY 2015
  • Article first published online: 9 FEB 2015
  • Manuscript Accepted: 27 NOV 2014
  • Manuscript Received: 31 JUL 2014

Funded By

Macquarie University Postgraduate Fund
Australian Research Council Discovery Project. Grant Number: 120104251

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Abstract

Twelve trilobite species, plus rare agnostid arthropods, are described from the Giles Creek Dolostone (Cambrian Series 3, Stage 5; Templetonian) at Ross River Gorge and Gaylad Dam in the north-eastern Amadeus Basin, Northern Territory, central Australia. Amphoton krusei sp. nov., Nepea ommacrada sp. nov., Penarosa oepiki sp. nov. and Schopfaspis shergoldi sp. nov. are described in association with Deiradonyx toddi Öpik, 1982, Dinesus sp., Kootenia sp., Pagetia silicunda Jell, 1975, Solenoparia sp., Tonkinella? sp., Xystridura filifera Öpik, 1975a, and Xystridura gayladia Öpik, 1975a, in addition to indeterminate agnostids. Pagetia silicunda and Xystridura filifera suggest an early Templetonian age, within the Pentagnostus anabarensis or Pentagnostus praecurrens Zone. This is supported by the co-occurrence of Amphoton Lorenz, 1906, Deiradonyx, Öpik, 1982, Dinesus Etheridge, 1896 and Kootenia Walcott, 1889, all of which occur in Templetonian successions in the Georgina Basin (Northern Territory and Queensland), Gnalta Shelf (western New South Wales) and the Heathcote Greenstone Belt (Victoria). We argue that the Tempe Formation (central Amadeus Basin) and the Giles Creek Dolostone are not contemporaneous as previously suggested, indicating that regional stratigraphical schemes need to be amended.

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