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Hunanodendrum

Classification

    Phylum:  
Hemichordata
    Class:  
Pterobranchia
    Order:  
Graptoloidea
    Superfamily:  
Neograptina
    Family:  
Monograptidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Hunanodendrum Mu, Li, Ge, Chen, Ni, Lin & MU, 1974, p. 220
    Type Species:  
*H. typicum, OD


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Fossil Image
Fig. 309,3a. * H. typicum, syntype, scale bar, 10 mm (Mu & others, 2002, pl. 33,5), -Fig. 309,36. H. irregulare NI , in Li & Ni, 1979, holotype, scale bar, 10 mm (Mu & others, 2002, pl. 33,9)


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

China


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Silurian, Llandovery (Telychian)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Telychian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
438.59
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Silurian, Llandovery (Telychian)
    Ending International Stage:  
Telychian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
0
    Ending Date:  
432.93


Description

It is impossible to relate the material to any known graptolite taxon.




References

Mu, Enzhi, Jijin Li, Meiyu Ge, Xu Chen, Yunan Ni, Yaokun Lin, & Xu Mu. 1974. Graptolites. In A Handbook of the Stratigraphy and Palaeontology of Southwest China. Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Science Press. Nanjing. 454 p. (See p. 154-164, pl. 67-70 for Ordovician; p. 211-220, pl. 98-101 for Silurian).


Museum or Author Information

Mu & others, 2002, Mu & others, 2002