New Early Silurian rugose corals from the Panuara area, central New South Wales

Abstract

Cystipaliphyllum conspersum sp. nov., Amplexoides gephyra sp. nov. and Cantrillia webbyi sp. nov. are described from the Bridge Creek Limestone Member, of late early to early middle Llandoverian age, in the Panuara area of central New South Wales. This represents the first record in Australia of the genera concerned. The general Asian affinities of the Llandoverian and younger Silurian rugose corals of New South Wales are reviewed and related to a Silurian palaeogeographic reconstruction.