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Pendeograptus
Classification
Phylum:
Hemichordata
Class:
Pterobranchia
Subclass:
Graptolithina
Order:
Graptoloidea
Suborder:
Dichograptina
Family:
Phyllograptidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Pendeograptus Bouček & Pर̌ÍBYL, 1952a, p. 12
Type Species:
*Tetragraptus pendens ELLES, 1898, p. 491, OD
Images
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Fig. 193, 1. *P. pendens (Elles), lectotype (selected by Williams & Stevens, 1988, p. 38), NHMUK PM Q37, Barf, Loweswater Formation, Skiddaw Slates, Cumbria, UK, scale bar, 1 mm (adapted from Elles, 1898, fig. 13)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
worldwide
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Ordovician (Floian, Paratetragraptus approximatus Biozone)
Beginning International Stage:
Floian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
477.08
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Ordovician (Floian, Paratetragraptus approximatus Biozone)
Ending International Stage:
Floian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
471.26
Description
Pendent phyllograptid with four stipes, proximal development isograptid, dextral, low prosicular origin of th1¹, sicula long and slender
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Hemichordata
Class:
Pterobranchia
Subclass:
Graptolithina
Order:
Graptoloidea
Suborder:
Dichograptina
Family:
Phyllograptidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Pendeograptus Bouček & Pर̌ÍBYL, 1952a, p. 12
Type Species:
*Tetragraptus pendens ELLES, 1898, p. 491, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 193, 1. *P. pendens (Elles), lectotype (selected by Williams & Stevens, 1988, p. 38), NHMUK PM Q37, Barf, Loweswater Formation, Skiddaw Slates, Cumbria, UK, scale bar, 1 mm (adapted from Elles, 1898, fig. 13)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
worldwide
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Ordovician (Floian, Paratetragraptus approximatus Biozone)
Beginning International Stage:
Floian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
477.08
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Ordovician (Floian, Paratetragraptus approximatus Biozone)
Ending International Stage:
Floian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
471.26
Description
Pendent phyllograptid with four stipes, proximal development isograptid, dextral, low prosicular origin of th1¹, sicula long and slender