New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics abstracts
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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