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Ordovician Conodonts from New Zealand

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UNTIL recently only Devonian conodonts have been known from New Zealand1, but Ordovician conodonts have now been discovered in the north-western part of the South Island. They seem to be the most southerly Ordovician conodonts yet recorded.

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WRIGHT, A. Ordovician Conodonts from New Zealand. Nature 218, 664–665 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/218664a0

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