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Middle Ordovician conodonts from the Pittman Formation, Canberra, ACT

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

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A small conodont fauna consisting of Pygodus serrus (Hadding) and Periodon aculeatus aculeatus Hadding has been recovered from the middle part of the Pittman Formation on Black Mountain, ACT. A Middle Ordovician (Llanvirnian) age (Pygodus serrus conodont Zone) has been ascribed to the fauna, which is representative of the North Atlantic conodont faunal province.

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Title Middle Ordovician conodonts from the Pittman Formation, Canberra, ACT
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/2b2f2cf6-905b-45a2-b1ae-24cd022cfa3f
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Reference Period 20/04/2018
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Middle Ordovician conodonts from the Pittman Formation, Canberra, ACT". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/middle-ordovician-conodonts-from-the-pittman-formation-canberra-act