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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


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Fossil Image
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

new, drawing by Petr Štorch and Zuzana Strossova, 2021