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Oncograptus

Classification

    Phylum:  
Hemichordata
    Class:  
Pterobranchia
    Order:  
Graptoloidea
    Superfamily:  
Unknown
    Family:  
Isograptidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Oncograptus T. S. HALL, 1914, p. 109
    Type Species:  
* O. upsilon, M


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Fig. 210,1. *O. upsilon, holotype, NMV P31177, Victoria, Australia, scale bar 5 mm (new)


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Australia, New Zealand, China, USA, Canada, Argentina, Ireland


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Middle Ordovician (upper Dapingian, Oncograptus Biozone)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Dapingian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
471.26
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Middle Ordovician (lower Darriwilian, Levisograptus austrodentatus Biozone)
    Ending International Stage:  
Darriwilian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
0
    Ending Date:  
463.8


Description

Initially scandent, biserial isograptid, two distally diverging stipes with increasing thecal length and overlap, thecae simple tubes with distinct rutella, proximal development of derived-isograptid type, dextral, with origin of th $1^{1}$ low in prosicula




References

Hall, T. S. 1914. Victorian graptolites. Part 4. Some new or little known species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria (new series) 27:104-118.


Museum or Author Information

NMV