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Bryograptus

Classification

    Phylum:  
Hemichordata
    Class:  
Pterobranchia
    Subclass:  
Graptolithina
    Order:  
Graptoloidea
    Suborder:  
Graptodendroidina
    Family:  
Anisograptidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Bryograptus LAPWORTH, 1880a, p. 164
    Type Species:  
*B. kjerulfi, SD GURLEY, 1896, p. 64


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Fig. 162,4. *B. kjerulfi, lectotype, PMO 71284, Vaekkero, Oslo Region, Norway, scale bar, 1 mm (Bulman, 1971b, p. 363, fig. 1a).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

UK, Norway, Sweden, Argentina, Bolivia


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Lower Ordovician (upper Tremadocian, Bryograptus ramosus Biozone)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Tremadocian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
50
    Beginning Date:  
481.96
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Lower Ordovician (upper Tremadocian, Bryograptus ramosus Biozone)
    Ending International Stage:  
Tremadocian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
477.08


Description

Declined to pendent anisograptid with triradiate proximal development and unlimited branching capacity, bithecae alternate along the stipes, sicula elongated, commonly with long and thickened nema




References

Lapworth, Charles. 1880a. On new British graptolites. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (series 5) 5:149-177.


Museum or Author Information

PMO, Bulman, 1971