Australasian Fossils: A Students' Manual of PalaeontologyChapman, Frederick
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Australasian Fossils: A Students' Manual of Palaeontology
Chapman, Frederick
Paleontology -- Australia
C--Tetragraptus serra, Brongn. sp. L. Ordovician. Lancefield, Vict.
D--Didymograptus bifidus, J. Hall. L. Ordovician. Guildford, Vict.
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(3) Castlemaine Series. Characterised by _Didymograptus bifidus_, _D.
caduceus_ and _Loganograptus logani_. _Phyllograptus_ persists from the
Bendigo Series. It also contains _Tetragraptus serra_, _T. bryonoides_,
_T. quadribrachiatus_, _Goniograptus macer_ and several _Didymograpti_.
(4) Darriwill Series. Characterised by _Trigonograptus wilkinsoni_.
Also contain _Diplograptus_, _Glossograptus_ and _Lasiograptus_, whilst
_Didymograptus_ is rare.
=Lower Ordovician Graptolites, New Zealand.--=
In New Zealand Lower Ordovician Graptolites are found in the Kakanui
Series, at Nelson, north-west of South Island. Some of the commoner forms
are _Didymograptus extensus_, _D. caduceus_, _Loganograptus logani_,
_Phyllograptus typus_, _Tetragraptus similis_ and _T. quadribrachiatus_.
Graptolites agreeing closely with those of the Lancefield Series of
Victoria occur near Preservation Inlet in the extreme South-west, and have
been identified as _Clonograptus rigidus_, _Bryograptus victoriae_ and
_Tetragraptus decipiens_.
=Upper Ordovician Graptolites, Victoria.--=
The Upper Ordovician rocks of Victoria, as at Wombat Creek and Mount
Wellington in Gippsland, and at Diggers' Rest near Sunbury, contain the
double branched forms like _Dicranograptus ramosus_, _Dicellograptus
elegans_ and _D. sextans_; the sigmoidal form _Stephanograptus gracilis_;
and the diprionidian (biserial) forms as _Diplograptus tardus_,
_Climacograptus bicornis_, _Cryptograptus tricornis_, _Glossograptus
hermani_ and _Lasiograptus margaritatus_ (Fig. 75).
[Illustration: =Fig. 75.--UPPER ORDOVICIAN and SILURIAN GRAPTOLITES.=
A--Dicranograptus ramosus, J. Hall sp. Up. Ordovician. Victoria.
B--Dicellograptus elegans, Carruthers sp. Up. Ordovician. Victoria.
C--Diplograptus carnei, T. S. Hall. Up. Ordovician. N. S. Wales.
D--Climacograptus bicornis, J. Hall. Up. Ordovician. Victoria.
E--Glossograptus hermani, T. S. Hall. Up. Ordovician. Victoria.
F--Retiolites australis, McCoy. Silurian. Keilor, Victoria.
G--Monograptus dubius, Suess. Silurian. Wood's Point, Victoria.
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=Upper Ordovician Graptolites, New South Wales.--=
In New South Wales, at Tallong, the Upper Ordovician Graptolites are well
represented by such forms as _Dicellograptus elegans_, _Dicranograptus
nicholsoni_, _Diplograptus carnei_, _D. foliaceus_, _Cryptograptus
tricornis_ and _Glossograptus quadrimucronatus_, etc. Other localities in
New South Wales for this Graptolite fauna are Stockyard Creek, Currowang,
Tingaringi, Lawson, and Mandurama.
=Tasmania.--=
From Tasmania a _Diplograptus_ has been recorded, but the particular
horizon and locality are uncertain.
=Silurian Graptolites, Victoria.--=
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