Holloway, D. J., 1 994. Early Silurian trilobites from the Broken River area, north Queensland. Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria 54: 243-269. A Late Llandovery (Telychian) trilobite fauna is described from the Poley Cow Formation in the Broken River Province of north Queensland. Taxa recorded are Kosovopeltis, Proetus (s.l), WarburgeUdl, Otarion, Mauwtarion, Seharvia, Youngia, Sphaerexochus, Sphaerocoryphe, Coronocephalus? aff. urbis Strusz, 1980. Ceratocephala, the new encrinurid genus Prpstrix, and the new species Prostrix amnicola, Batocarafritillum, Gravicalymenel vaccina and Gaotania bimusa. Youtlgia and Gaotania are recorded from Australia for the first time. Batocara Strusz, 1 980 is considered to be a senior subjective synonym of Pacifieurus Ramskold, 1986a.