Gisbornian (Caradoc) graptolites from New South Wales, Australia: systematics, biostratigraphy and evolution

The biodiversity record of graptolites from the Cheeseman's Creek Formation, considered herein as late Gisbornian (Caradoc) in age, has been substantially increased to fifteen taxa, including the new species Dicellograptus praemorrisi sp. nov. and Climacogratus vandenbergi sp. nov. Some of the records have global correlative significance enabling us to identify the wilsoni Biozone (= calcaratus Biozone of eastern Australia). Several evolutionary lineages have been recognized: 1. Dicellagratus moffatensis (Carruthers, 1858) --> D, praemonisi sp. nov --> D. morrisi Hopkinson, 1871 2. Glossograptus hincksi Hopkinson, 1872 --> Glossograptus? sp. 3. Climacograptus bicornis (J. Hall, 1847) --> C. vandenbergi sp. nov. --> C. lanceolatus Vandenberg, 1990. Copyright (C) 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.