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Diversograptus
Classification
Phylum:
Hemichordata
Class:
Pterobranchia
Order:
Graptoloidea
Superfamily:
Neograptina
Family:
Monograptidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Diversograptus MANCK, 1923, p. 283
Type Species:
* D. ramosus, SD BULMAN, 1929, p. 176
Images
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Fig. 302,3a-c. * D. ramosus, 3a, lectotype (selected by Bouč́ek \& Pribyl, 1953, p. 489), repository unknown, scale bar, 5 mm (reconstruction from Bulman, 1970, fig. 102,3a), 3 b, specimen showing bipolar growth, MGM 146-S, Jabalón River section, central Spain, scale bar, 1 mm (Loydell \& others, 2009, fig. 4J), 3c, stipe fragment, MGM 419-52, Aizpute-1 drill core, Latvia, scale bar, 1 mm (Loydell \& Nestor, 2006, fig. 11C), ——Fig. 302,3d-e. D.? pergracilis (BOUČEK, 1931, p. 302), fragments showing thecal style, Ventspils D-3 drill core, 826.7 m , Latvia (Loydell \& Nestor, 2006, fig. 12A-B). Scale bars, 1 \mathrm{~mm}(d), 0.1 \mathrm{~mm}(e)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Germany, UK (Wales, Scotland), Estonia, Latvia, Czech Republic, Turkey, Morocco
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Silurian (Telychian, Oktavites spiralis Biozone)
Beginning International Stage:
Telychian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
438.59
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Silurian (Llandovery (Telychian, Cyrtograptus lapworthi Biozone))
Ending International Stage:
Telychian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
0
Ending Date:
432.93
Description
Narrow tubarium comprising main stipe and one sicular cladium with or (usually) without thecal cladia, stipes straight or gently curved, thecae hooked, with retroflexed apertures flanked by small lateral lappets
References
Manck, Elfried. 1923. Untersilurische Graptolithenarten der Zone 10 des Obersilurs, ferner Diversograptus gen. nov. sowie einige neue Arten anderer Gattungen. Natur. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Naturwiss. Gesellschaft 14:282-289.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Hemichordata
Class:
Pterobranchia
Order:
Graptoloidea
Superfamily:
Neograptina
Family:
Monograptidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Diversograptus MANCK, 1923, p. 283
Type Species:
* D. ramosus, SD BULMAN, 1929, p. 176
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 302,3a-c. * D. ramosus, 3a, lectotype (selected by Bouč́ek \& Pribyl, 1953, p. 489), repository unknown, scale bar, 5 mm (reconstruction from Bulman, 1970, fig. 102,3a), 3 b, specimen showing bipolar growth, MGM 146-S, Jabalón River section, central Spain, scale bar, 1 mm (Loydell \& others, 2009, fig. 4J), 3c, stipe fragment, MGM 419-52, Aizpute-1 drill core, Latvia, scale bar, 1 mm (Loydell \& Nestor, 2006, fig. 11C), ——Fig. 302,3d-e. D.? pergracilis (BOUČEK, 1931, p. 302), fragments showing thecal style, Ventspils D-3 drill core, 826.7 m , Latvia (Loydell \& Nestor, 2006, fig. 12A-B). Scale bars, 1 \mathrm{~mm}(d), 0.1 \mathrm{~mm}(e)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Germany, UK (Wales, Scotland), Estonia, Latvia, Czech Republic, Turkey, Morocco
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Silurian (Telychian, Oktavites spiralis Biozone)
Beginning International Stage:
Telychian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
438.59
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Silurian (Llandovery (Telychian, Cyrtograptus lapworthi Biozone))
Ending International Stage:
Telychian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
0
Ending Date:
432.93
Description
Narrow tubarium comprising main stipe and one sicular cladium with or (usually) without thecal cladia, stipes straight or gently curved, thecae hooked, with retroflexed apertures flanked by small lateral lappets
References
Manck, Elfried. 1923. Untersilurische Graptolithenarten der Zone 10 des Obersilurs, ferner Diversograptus gen. nov. sowie einige neue Arten anderer Gattungen. Natur. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Naturwiss. Gesellschaft 14:282-289.