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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


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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)


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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

MGM, selected by Bouč́ek \& Pribyl, 1953, reconstruction from Bulman, 1970, Loydell \& others, 2009, Loydell \& Nestor, 2006, BOUČEK, 1931, Loydell \& Nestor, 2006