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New Species of Trepostomata (Bryozoa) From the Lower Permian Callytharra Formation, Western Australia

Year: 2025

Type: book-chapter

Abstract: Bryozoans represent a dominant faunal element in the Lower Permian of Western Australia. Here, three new trepostome species are described from the Callytharra Formation (Sakmarian – Artinskian): Nikiforopora haigi sp. nov., Iraidina dendroidea sp. nov., and I. multicava sp. nov. The genera Nikiforopora and Iraidina were previously unknown from the Permian deposits of Australia. The genera have no contemporary equivalents from other areas, so their use for stratigraphic correlation and palaeobiogeography remains limited. Intensive studies of the Permian Bryozoa from Australia appear necessary to better understand the Gondwanan distributions of the genera and species.

Source: Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia

DOI: 10.70880/001c.147514

Author: Andrej Ernst

Institution: Universität Hamburg

Language: English

Topic: Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Subfield: Paleontology

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: Royal Society, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

OpenAlex ID: W4416973284