Taungurungia gen. nov., from the Lower Devonian of Yea, central Victoria, Australia
Author
McSweeney, Fearghus R.
Author
Shimeta, Jeff
Author
Buckeridge, John St J. S.
text
Memoirs of Museum Victoria
2022
2022-12-31
81
43
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http://dx.doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2022.81.03
journal article
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10.24199/j.mmv.2022.81.03
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Taungurungia garrattii
McSweeney, Shimeta and Buckeridge
,
sp. nov.
Figures 3–10
Species diagnosis
: As for genus. Plant at least
185 mm
high with axes at least
7.8 mm
wide. Emergences up to
1.5 mm
wide and
3.4 mm
long. Mature axes terminate in a single ovate sporangium at least
7.5 mm
wide and at least
15.5 mm
long. Small fusiform to elliptical bodies (buds/sterile sporangia)
0.5 mm
wide and
1 mm
long, some with short stalks occurring on all axes.
Etymology
: Named for Michael Garratt in recognition of his work in Palaeozoic palaeontology, especially on brachiopods.
Holotype
:
NMV
P257028.1
(part; F103-1p) and
NMV
P257028.2
(counterpart; F103-1cp), part and counterpart respectively.
Locality
: The exposure occurs on the Goulburn Valley Highway (B340)
5 km
west of Yea and was designated F103 by
Garratt (1980)
.
37° 12' 30" S
;
145° 21' 56" E
.
Stratigraphy and age
: Norton Gully Sandstone Formation, late Pragian–Emsian, Lower Devonian.