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Appendispinograptus

Classification

    Phylum:  
Hemichordata
    Class:  
Pterobranchia
    Order:  
Graptoloidea
    Superfamily:  
Unknown
    Family:  
Climacograptidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Appendispinograptus Li & Li, 1985, p. 36, Riva & KETNER, 1989, p. 77
    Type Species:  
*Climacograptus venustus HSÜ, 1959, p. 346, OD


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Fig. 239,36. A. ensiformis (Mu & Zhang in MU & others, 1963), holotype, NIGP 11749, Appendispinograptus longispinus Biozone, Xiehao Formation, East Qiqiaogou section, Chilianshan, northwest China, scale bar, 1 mm (new, redrawn from Chen & others, 2019, fig. 10,4), Fig. 239,2. *A. venustus (Hsü), holotype, No 519, Wufeng Shale, Hubei Province, China, scale bar, 1 mm (adapted from Hsü, 1959a)


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

world-wide


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Upper Ordovician (Katian, Dicellograptus ornatus Biozone)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Katian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
452.75
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Upper Ordovician (Hirnantian, Metabolograptus persculptus Biozone)
    Ending International Stage:  
Hirnantian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
0
    Ending Date:  
443.07


Description

Septate to aseptate climacograptids with distinct torsion of the tubarium and pattern E astogeny, th 2² or later theca dicalycal in septate species, mesial spines arise from first thecal pair, secondary thecal parasicular outgrowths or webs common




References

Li, Zhiming, & Daqing Li. 1985. Appendispinograptus, a new subgenus of Climacograptus. Journal of the Wuhan College of Geology 10 (supplement):35-42. In Chinese with English summary.


Museum or Author Information

NIGP, Mu & Zhang in MU & others, 1963, new, redrawn from Chen & others, 2019, adapted from Hsü, 1959