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Rhabdinopora

Classification

    Phylum:  
Hemichordata
    Class:  
Pterobranchia
    Order:  
Graptoloidea
    Superfamily:  
Unknown
    Family:  
Anisograptidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Rhabdinopora EICHWALD, 1855, p. 453
    Type Species:  
*Gorgonia flabelliformis Eichwald, 1840, p. 207, SD BASSLER, 1911, p. 348


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Fossil Image
Fig. 161, 1 a-b. * R. flabelliformis (Eichwald), 1a, neotype (Bulman, 1966, p. 408, Bulman, 1967), NHMUK PM Q 1392, Pakerort, north of Paldiski, Estonia (Bulman, 1966, fig. 1), 1b, LO 4144t, proximal end, Paldiski, Estonia (Bulman, 1966, fig. 2a). Scale bars, 10 mm, Fig. 161, 1c. R. proparabola (Lin, 1986), holotype of Heterograptus radiatus Zhao & Zhang in Lin, 1986, CCG G8456, Dayangcha, Jilin, China, scale bar, 5 mm (Lin, 1986, fig. 96,1)


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

worldwide


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Lower Ordovician (lower Tremadocian, Rhabdinopora proparabola Biozone)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Tremadocian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
486.85
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Lower Ordovician (lower Tremadocian, Adelograptus Biozone)
    Ending International Stage:  
Tremadocian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
0
    Ending Date:  
481.96


Description

pendent, multiramous anisograptid with irregularly to regularly distributed dissepiments, proximal development quadriradiate




References

Eichwald, E. J. 1855. Beitrag zur geographischen Verbreitung der fossilen Thiere Russlands. Alte Periode. Bulletin de la Societé des Naturalistes de Moscou 28(4):433-466.


Museum or Author Information

LO, CCG, NHMUK, Bulman, 1966, p. 408, Bulman, 1967, Bulman, 1966, Bulman, 1966, Lin, 1986, Lin, 1986