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Pseudazygograptus

Classification

    Phylum:  
Hemichordata
    Class:  
Pterobranchia
    Order:  
Graptoloidea
    Superfamily:  
Unknown
    Family:  
Dicranograptidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Pseudazygograptus Mu, Lee, & GEH, 1960, p. 37
    Type Species:  
*Azygograptus incurvus ЕКSTRÖM, 1937, p. 33, OD


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Fossil Image
Fig. 242,4a-b. * P. incurvus (Екström), 4 a, syntype, LO 3322T, fragment, Scania, Sweden (new), 4b, OSU 32911, proximal end, Athens Shale, Alabama, USA (Finney, 1980, fig. 9B). Scale bars, 1 mm


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Geographic Distribution

worldwide


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian, Jiangxigraptus vagus Biozone)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Darriwilian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
469.42
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Upper Ordovician (Sandbian, Nemagraptus gracilis Biozone)
    Ending International Stage:  
Sandbian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
0
    Ending Date:  
452.75


Description

Single-stiped dicranograptid with variously oriented stipe, from horizontal to strongly reflexed, thecae slender, geniculate and frequently with genicular hoods, apertures with slight lateral lobes or straight




References

Mu, An-Tze, & C. K. Lee. 1960. Graptolites. Science Press. Beijing. 115 p. In Chinese.


Museum or Author Information

LO, OSU, Finney, 1980