A new species of the brachiopod Notanoplia (Notanopliidae) from the Early Devonian of New South Wales

Notanoplia mitchelli sp. nov., a new notanopliid brachiopod, is described from Bowning, N.S.W., probably from the Lochkovian (Early Devonian) Elmside Formation. The distinctive genus is known only from Early and Middle Devonian rocks, and is known from Australia and Western Europe, and possibly from China.