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	Parakidograptus
          
            Classification
            
                  Phylum:  
              
                Hemichordata              
            
            
                  Class:  
              
                Pterobranchia              
            
            
                  Order:  
              
                Graptoloidea              
            
            
                  Superfamily:  
              
                Monograptoidea              
            
            
                  Family:  
              
                Dimorphograptidae              
            
            
                  Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
              
                Parakidograptus Li \& GE, 1981, p. 229              
            
            
                  Type Species:  
              
                Diplograpsus acuminatus NICHOLSON, 1867a, p. 109, OD              
              
            
            Images
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                  _ Fig. 287,3a-b. * P. acuminatus (Nicholson), 3a, praematurus (Davies, 1929), holotype, SM A10023, specimen showing obverse view and possible downward initial growth of th1, scale bar, 1 mm (adapted from Zalasiewicz, 2008c, Atlas, Folio 2.71).                
            
            
            Synonyms
            
              
                              
            
            
            Geographic Distribution
            
              
                China, Australia (Victoria), UK, Czech Republic, Germany, Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Spain, Canada, USA              
              
            
            Age Range
            
                  Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
              
                Upper Ordovician (Hirnantian, Metabolograptus persculptus Biozone)              
            
            
                  Beginning International Stage:  
              
                Hirnantian              
            
            
                  Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
              
                0              
            
            
                  Beginning Date:  
              
                445.21              
            
            
                  Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
              
                Silurian (Llandovery (Rhuddanian, Atavograptus atavus Biozone))              
            
            
                  Ending International Stage:  
              
                Rhuddanian              
            
            
                  Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
              
                100              
            
            
                  Ending Date:  
              
                440.49              
              
            
            Description
            
              
                Biserial monograptoid with protracted proximal end and early upward growth of first two thecae, proximal end probably with pattern J astogeny, thecae slender and elongated, tubular, with straight, outward-inclined apertures, median septum complete              
              
            
            
            References
            
              
                Li, Jijin, & Meiyu Ge. 1981. Development and systematic position of akidograptids. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 20(3):225-234.              
            
            
            Museum or Author Information
            
          
        
Classification
                  Phylum:  
              
            
                Hemichordata              
            
                  Class:  
              
            
                Pterobranchia              
            
                  Order:  
              
            
                Graptoloidea              
            
                  Superfamily:  
              
            
                Monograptoidea              
            
                  Family:  
              
            
                Dimorphograptidae              
            
                  Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
              
            
                Parakidograptus Li \& GE, 1981, p. 229              
            
                  Type Species:  
              
            
            
                Diplograpsus acuminatus NICHOLSON, 1867a, p. 109, OD              
              Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
                  _ Fig. 287,3a-b. * P. acuminatus (Nicholson), 3a, praematurus (Davies, 1929), holotype, SM A10023, specimen showing obverse view and possible downward initial growth of th1, scale bar, 1 mm (adapted from Zalasiewicz, 2008c, Atlas, Folio 2.71).                
            Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
                China, Australia (Victoria), UK, Czech Republic, Germany, Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Spain, Canada, USA              
              Age Range
                  Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
              
            
                Upper Ordovician (Hirnantian, Metabolograptus persculptus Biozone)              
            
                  Beginning International Stage:  
              
            
                Hirnantian              
            
                  Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
              
            
                0              
            
                  Beginning Date:  
              
            
                445.21              
            
                  Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
              
            
                Silurian (Llandovery (Rhuddanian, Atavograptus atavus Biozone))              
            
                  Ending International Stage:  
              
            
                Rhuddanian              
            
                  Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
              
            
                100              
            
                  Ending Date:  
              
            
            
                440.49              
              Description
                Biserial monograptoid with protracted proximal end and early upward growth of first two thecae, proximal end probably with pattern J astogeny, thecae slender and elongated, tubular, with straight, outward-inclined apertures, median septum complete              
              References
                Li, Jijin, & Meiyu Ge. 1981. Development and systematic position of akidograptids. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 20(3):225-234.              
            