The Permian Conodont Biostratigraphy of Western Australia - an update

Abstract

Earlier reports on the Permian conodont biostratigraphy of Western Australia have documented faunas from the Canning Basin (Noonkanbah Formation) and Carnavorn Basin (Callytharra, Coyrie. Wandagee and Coolkylia formations) that ranged in age from the Late Sakmarian to the Roadian. New studies have now documented additional Permian conodont faunas from the Perth Basin (Beekeeper Formation) and from the Canning Basin (Nura Nura Member of the Poole Formation, from throughout the Noonkanbah Formation, in the Lightjack Formation and from the Kirkby Range and Cherrabun Members of the Hardman Formation). These faunas range in age from the Late Sakmarian to the Wuchiapingian.