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Colonograptus
Classification
Phylum:
Hemichordata
Class:
Pterobranchia
Order:
Graptoloidea
Superfamily:
Neograptina
Family:
Monograptidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Colonograptus Pर̌IBYL, 1943, p. 2
Type Species:
Graptolithus colonus BARRANDE, 1850, OD
Images
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Fig. 304,1a-b. *C. colonus (Barrande), lectotype, NMP L19771, Butovice-Nová-Ves, Czech Republic, Neodiversograptus nilssoni Biozone, proximal end and distal part of specimen preserved in relief, scale bars, 1 mm (new, drawing by Petr Štorch and Zuzana Strossova, 2021).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
worldwide
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Silurian (Wenlock (Homerian, Colonograptus praedeubeli/deubeli Biozone))
Beginning International Stage:
Homerian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
430.62
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Ludlow (Ludfordian, Saetograptus leintwardinensis Biozone)
Ending International Stage:
Ludfordian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
0
Ending Date:
422.73
Description
Tubarium gently ventrally curved throughout or only proximally, being straight distally, sicula ventrally curved, biform thecae, proximal two or three thecae with ventrally projecting broad fusellar lappets, distal thecae simple tubes
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Hemichordata
Class:
Pterobranchia
Order:
Graptoloidea
Superfamily:
Neograptina
Family:
Monograptidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Colonograptus Pर̌IBYL, 1943, p. 2
Type Species:
Graptolithus colonus BARRANDE, 1850, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 304,1a-b. *C. colonus (Barrande), lectotype, NMP L19771, Butovice-Nová-Ves, Czech Republic, Neodiversograptus nilssoni Biozone, proximal end and distal part of specimen preserved in relief, scale bars, 1 mm (new, drawing by Petr Štorch and Zuzana Strossova, 2021).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
worldwide
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Silurian (Wenlock (Homerian, Colonograptus praedeubeli/deubeli Biozone))
Beginning International Stage:
Homerian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
430.62
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Ludlow (Ludfordian, Saetograptus leintwardinensis Biozone)
Ending International Stage:
Ludfordian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
0
Ending Date:
422.73
Description
Tubarium gently ventrally curved throughout or only proximally, being straight distally, sicula ventrally curved, biform thecae, proximal two or three thecae with ventrally projecting broad fusellar lappets, distal thecae simple tubes