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Anisograptus

Classification

    Phylum:  
Hemichordata
    Class:  
Pterobranchia
    Order:  
Graptoloidea
    Superfamily:  
Unknown
    Family:  
Anisograptidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Anisograptus RUEDEMANN, 1937, p. 61
    Type Species:  
*A. matanensis, OD


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Fig. 161,5a.*A. matanensis, holotype, NYSM 6841, Matane, Quebec, Canada, scale bar, 5 mm (Ruedemann, 1937, fig. 6), ——Fig. 161,5b. A. flexuosus BulMan, 1950, GSC 9861, Matane, Quebec, Canada, scale bar, 10 mm (Bulman, 1950, fig. 6a)


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

worldwide


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Lower Ordovician (lower Tremadocian, Anisograptus matanensis Biozone)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Tremadocian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
486.85
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Lower Ordovician (lower Tremadocian, Rhabdinopora flabelliformis anglica Biozone)
    Ending International Stage:  
Tremadocian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
0
    Ending Date:  
481.96


Description

Triradiate anisograptid with horizontal to subhorizontal tubarium, distal dichotomies irregularly spaced




References

Ruedemann, Rudolf. 1937. A new North American graptolite faunule. American Journal of Science 233:57-62.


Museum or Author Information

GSC, NYSM, Ruedemann, 1937, Bulman, 1950