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Rastrites

Classification

    Phylum:  
Hemichordata
    Class:  
Pterobranchia
    Order:  
Graptoloidea
    Superfamily:  
Neograptina
    Family:  
Monograptidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Rastrites BARRANDE, 1850, p. 64
    Type Species:  
* R. peregrinus, SD HOPKINSON, 1869, p. 158


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Fig. 300,7a-c. * R. peregrinus, 7a, lectotype, fragment, NMP L27954, Libomyšl, Czech Republic (Štorch, 2000b, Atlas, Folio 1.87), 7b, complete specimen, NMP L30073, Bykoš, Czech Republic (Storch, 2000b), 7c, long specimen with complete sicula, PŠ 724, Tmaň, Czech Republic (Štorch, 1998a, fig. 11,3B), ——Fig. 300,7d. R. rossicus (Obut \& Sobolevskaya in Obut, Sobolevskaya, \& Merkureva, 1968) holotype, CNIGR 270/9765 (Sun \& others, 2022, fig. 12Q). Scale bars, 1 mm


Synonyms

Rastrograptus, Stavrites


Geographic Distribution

worldwide


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Silurian (Llandovery, Aeronian, Demirastrites triangulatus Biozone)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Aeronian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
440.49
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Silurian (Telychian, Monoclimacis griestoniensis Biozone)
    Ending International Stage:  
Telychian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
0
    Ending Date:  
432.93


Description

Tubarium straight or dorsally curved proximally to various degrees, straight distally, threadlike prothecae, straight, isolated metathecae, inclined at high angle to tubarium axis throughout length of colony, thecal apertures slightly hooked or hooded, sometimes with small paired apertural spines or lateral extensions




References

Barrande, Joachim. 1850. Graptolites de Bohême. Théophile Haase Fils. Prague. 74 p., 4 pl. Published by the author.


Museum or Author Information

CNIGR, Štorch, 2000, Storch, 2000, Štorch, 1998, Obut \& Sobolevskaya in Obut, Sobolevskaya, \& Merkureva, 1968, Sun \& others, 2022