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Pseudoclimacograptus

Classification

    Phylum:  
Hemichordata
    Class:  
Pterobranchia
    Order:  
Graptoloidea
    Superfamily:  
Unknown
    Family:  
Climacograptidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Pseudoclimacograptus Pर̌IBYL, 1947, p. 5
    Type Species:  
*Climacograptus scharenbergi LAPWORTH, 1976a, p. 6, OD


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Fig. 240,2a-c. * P. scharenbergi (LAPWORTH), 2 a-b, specimen in reverse ( a ) and obverse (b) views, PMO 118.047a,b, latex casts, Arnestad Formation, Oslo Region, Norway, 2 c, topotype, SM A19704, reverse view, Lower Hartfell Formation, Scotland, UK (see Williams, 1994, fig. 7 g ), scale bars, 1 mm (new).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

China, Russia, Belgium, UK, Norway, Sweden, USA, Canada


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Upper Ordovician (Sandbian, Nemagraptus gracilis Biozone)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Sandbian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
458.18
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Upper Ordovician (Katian, Pleurograptus linearis Biozone)
    Ending International Stage:  
Katian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
0
    Ending Date:  
445.21


Description

Climacograptids with wide, rounded proximal end, strong zigzag median septum, distinct intrathecal folds, proximal end with virgellar spine and with or without subapertural spine on th $1^{1}$, thecal apertures straight, horizontal, three-vaned nematularium in mature specimens, proximal end of pattern D astogeny




References



Museum or Author Information

SM, PMO, see Williams, 1994