First record of Homoctenus (Tentaculitoidea, Homoctenida) from the Late Devonian of northwest Peninsular Malaysia

Abstract

Meor, H.A.H., Yong, A.M., Zakaria, M.Z.Z. & Ghani, A.A., 2.6.2015. First record of Homoctenus (Tentaculitoidea, Homoctenida) from the Late Devonian of northwest Peninsular Malaysia. Alcheringa 39, 550–558. ISSN 0311-5518.

The homoctenid tentaculitoid genus Homoctenus is reported for the first time from Peninsular Malaysia. The fossils derive from the Upper Devonian Sanai Limestone, exposed in the state of Perlis, northwest Peninsular Malaysia. The fossils are closely related to Homoctenus tenuicinctus tenuicinctus and are described as Homoctenus sp. cf. H. tenuicinctus. The homoctenids were recovered from an interval containing a rich conodont assemblage, indicating a Frasnian age (Palmatolepis linguiformis Zone).

Meor Hakif Amir Hassan [[email protected]], Yong Adilah Mustafa [[email protected]], Mohamad Z.Z. Zakaria [[email protected]], Azman A. Ghani [[email protected]], Geology Department, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Received 12.4.2015; revised 27.5.2015; accepted 2.6.2015.

Key words:

• Devonian
• homoctenids
• tentaculitoids
• northwest Peninsular Malaysia
• Sibumasu

Acknowledgements

The study was supported by the Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia Fundamental Research Grant FP043-2014A. Many thanks to Prof. Aye Ko Aung, Arif Farhan, Ahmad Sheeqal, Noor Atirah, Mahfuzah Musalli, Abdul Kadir, Nurnadwa and Nur Fateerah for their assistance and company in the field. We would like to thank the Editor and the two anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments and suggestions.

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