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Early Permian conodonts from the Torlesse and Caples Terranes, New Zealand

PHILIP B. FORD
DAPHNE E. LEE
PETER J. FISCHER

Geology Department
University of Otago
P.O. Box 56
Dunedin, New Zealand

Abstract  Conodonts of Early Permian age are described for the first time from New Zealand. Conodont elements have been obtained from siliceous pelagites in the Torlesse Terrane near Meyers Pass, South Canterbury, and from limestone blocks in the Caples Terrane, near Nokomai, northern Southland. Conodonts from both localities include Mesogondolella Pa elements, Xaniognathus, and associated ramiform elements, and have close affinities with cool-water pelagic faunas from the Northern Hemisphere. These conodonts provide an excellent basis for stratigraphic correlation within and between New Zealand late Paleozoic-Mesozoic terranes.

Keywords  conodonts; Mesogondolella; Xaniognathus; Early Permian; Torlesse Terrane; Canterbury; Caples Terrane; Southland; New Zealand; pelagite; limestone; biostratigraphy

New Zealand Journal of Geology & Geophysics, 1999, Vol. 42: 79-90

0028-8306/4201-0079 $7.00/0 (c) The Royal Society of New Zealand 1999

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