Review and clarification of Bungonibeyrichia Copeland, 1981 (Ostracoda) from the upper Silurian–Lower Devonian of New South Wales, Australia

Abstract

Camilleri, T.T.A., Warne, M.T. & Holloway, D.J., March 2017, Review and clarification of Bungonibeyrichia Copeland, 1981 (Ostracoda) from the upper Silurian–Lower Devonian of New South Wales, Australia. Alcheringa xx, xx.

The abundant and diverse beyrichioid ostracod faunas preserved in Silurian and Devonian silisiclastic strata of the Lachlan Orogen in southeastern Australia include specimens of the genus Bungonibeyrichia. Bungonibeyrichia copelandi sp. nov. is proposed for the fossil material, originally misidentified at species level, on which the description of this genus was based. The new species is nominated as the type species for Bungonibeyrichia in accordance with Article 70.3 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Bungonibeyrichia is distinguished from other beyrichioid genera on the basis of a distinctive combination of lobe, velum and crumina features.

Tamara T.A. Camilleri* [[email protected]] and Mark T. Warne* [[email protected]], Deakin University, Geelong, School of Life and Environmental Sciences & Centre for Integrative Ecology, (Melbourne Campus), 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125, Australia; David J. Holloway [[email protected]], Museums Victoria, GPO Box 666, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia. *Also affiliated with Museums Victoria, GPO Box 666, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia.

Key words:

• Ostracoda
• mid-Palaeozoic
• taxonomy
• New South Wales
• Beyrichioidea

Acknowledgements

We thank Mr R. Pogson for lending specimens from the Australian Museum collections; Prof. David J. Siveter for his feedback on earlier drafts of this manuscript; and two anonymous reviewers whose comments resulted in improvments to the manuscript. Tamara Camilleri thanks Deakin University for access to facilities and for support. Both Tamara Camilleri and Mark Warne thank Museums Victoria for access to fossil collections for comparative studies and to laboratories for processing of fossil materials.