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Paraglossograptus

Classification

    Phylum:  
Hemichordata
    Class:  
Pterobranchia
    Order:  
Graptoloidea
    Superfamily:  
Unknown
    Family:  
Glossograptidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Paraglossograptus Mu in Mu & OTHERS, 1962, p. 97
    Type Species:  
*P. typicalis, OD


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Fig. 220,3a. *P. typicalis, holotype, NIGP 10635, scale bar, 5 mm (Mu & Lee, 1960, fig. 127), Fig. 220,36. P. tentaculatus (Hall, 1865), GSC 138686, isolated, flattened specimen, Cow Head Group, western Newfoundland, Canada, scale bar, 1 mm (new), Fig. 220,3c. P. proteus (Harris & Thomas, 1935) GSC 23949, Daniels Harbour, western Newfoundland, Canada, scale bar, 1 mm (adapted from Whittington & Rickards, 1969, fig. 7)


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

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


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian, Levisograptus austrodentatus Biozone)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Darriwilian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
469.42
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian, Pterograptus elegans Biozone)
    Ending International Stage:  
Darriwilian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
0
    Ending Date:  
458.18


Description

Monopleural, scandent glossograptid with conspicuous development of simple lacinia with ladderlike structure, lacinia only present in the proximal part in certain species




References



Museum or Author Information

NIGP, GSC, Mu & Lee, 1960, Hall, 1865, Harris & Thomas, 1935, adapted from Whittington & Rickards, 1969