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Callograptus

Classification

    Phylum:  
Hemichordata
    Class:  
Pterobranchia
    Order:  
Dendroidea
    Superfamily:  
Unknown
    Family:  
Callograptidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Callograptus HALL, 1865, p. 133
    Type Species:  
* C. elegans, SD MILLER, 1889, p. 175


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Fig. 151,3. *C. elegans, GSC 956a, lectotype, Lévis, Quebec, Canada, scale bar, 10 mm (Hall, 1865, pl. 19,2).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

worldwide


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Cambrian (Furongian)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Paibian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
497
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Carboniferous
    Ending International Stage:  
Gzhelian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
0
    Ending Date:  
298.89


Description

Tubarium conical, flabellate or irregular with or without a thecate stem, stipes branching dichotomously, attaining a subparallel to parallel orientation quickly, autothecae tubular, slightly to strongly isolate aperturally, bithecae indistinct, tubular




References

Hall, James. 1865. Figures and descriptions of Canadian organic remains. Decade II, Graptolites of the Quebec Group. Geological Survey of Canada. Dawson Brothers. Montreal. 154 p. 21 pl.


Museum or Author Information

GSC, Hall, 1865