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Neodiplograptus
Classification
Phylum:
Hemichordata
Class:
Pterobranchia
Subclass:
Graptolithina
Order:
Graptoloidea
Suborder:
Axonophora
Infraorder:
Neograptina
Superfamily:
Retiolitoidea
Family:
Neodiplograptidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Neodiplograptus LEGRAND, 1987, p. 62
Type Species:
*Diplograptus magnus LAPWORTH, 1900, p. 132, OD
Images
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Fig. 257,1a-b. *N. magnus (Lapworth), River Wye, Rhayader, Wales, UK, 1a, lectotype, BU 1295, poor external mold, scale bar 10 mm, 16 , topotype, BU 1296, obverse view, scale bar, 1 mm (Zalasiewicz, 2000c, Atlas, Folio 1.68)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
worldwide
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Ordovician (upper Katian, Paraorthograptus pacificus Biozone)
Beginning International Stage:
Katian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
50
Beginning Date:
448.98
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Silurian (Aeronian, Neodiplograptus magnus Biozone)
Ending International Stage:
Aeronian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
438.59
Description
Neodiplograptids with pattern H proximal development type with rapidly widening proximal end, thecae sharply geniculate proximally and with slightly rounded, non-geniculate ventral side in distal thecae, thecal inclination increasing significantly through the proximal to mesial regions, full median septum distally
References
Legrand, Philippe. 1987. Modo de desarrollo del suborden Diplograptina (Graptolithina) en el Ordovicico superior y en el Silurico. Implicaciones taxonomicas. Revista Espanola de Paleontologia 2:59-64.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Hemichordata
Class:
Pterobranchia
Subclass:
Graptolithina
Order:
Graptoloidea
Suborder:
Axonophora
Infraorder:
Neograptina
Superfamily:
Retiolitoidea
Family:
Neodiplograptidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Neodiplograptus LEGRAND, 1987, p. 62
Type Species:
*Diplograptus magnus LAPWORTH, 1900, p. 132, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 257,1a-b. *N. magnus (Lapworth), River Wye, Rhayader, Wales, UK, 1a, lectotype, BU 1295, poor external mold, scale bar 10 mm, 16 , topotype, BU 1296, obverse view, scale bar, 1 mm (Zalasiewicz, 2000c, Atlas, Folio 1.68)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
worldwide
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Ordovician (upper Katian, Paraorthograptus pacificus Biozone)
Beginning International Stage:
Katian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
50
Beginning Date:
448.98
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Silurian (Aeronian, Neodiplograptus magnus Biozone)
Ending International Stage:
Aeronian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
438.59
Description
Neodiplograptids with pattern H proximal development type with rapidly widening proximal end, thecae sharply geniculate proximally and with slightly rounded, non-geniculate ventral side in distal thecae, thecal inclination increasing significantly through the proximal to mesial regions, full median septum distally
References
Legrand, Philippe. 1987. Modo de desarrollo del suborden Diplograptina (Graptolithina) en el Ordovicico superior y en el Silurico. Implicaciones taxonomicas. Revista Espanola de Paleontologia 2:59-64.