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Corynoides

Classification

    Phylum:  
Hemichordata
    Class:  
Pterobranchia
    Order:  
Graptoloidea
    Superfamily:  
Unknown
    Family:  
Glossograptidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Corynoides NICHOLSON, 1867a, p. 108
    Type Species:  
*C. calicularis, M


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Fig. 218,2 a-b.* C. calicularis, 2a, BMHM Q62, lectotype (Zalasiewicz, 2000a, Atlas, Folio 1.14), 2b, reconstruction, scale bars, 1 mm (new)


Synonyms

Corynograptus


Geographic Distribution

worldwide


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Upper Ordovician (Sandbian, Nemagraptus gracilis Biozone)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Sandbian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
458.18
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Upper Ordovician (Katian, Diplacanthograptus spiniferus Biozone)
    Ending International Stage:  
Katian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
0
    Ending Date:  
445.21


Description

Strongly reduced colony consisting of elongated sicula and two adnate thecae with extended rutella, a fourth vestigial theca may be present, origin of th $1^{1}$ in the upper part of prosicula




References

Nicholson, H. A. 1867a. On some fossils from the Lower Silurian rocks of the south of Scotland. Geological Magazine 1(4):107-113, pl. 7.


Museum or Author Information

Zalasiewicz, 2000