Corynoides americanus Ruedemann 1947 (graptolite)

Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Diplograptidae

Alternative combination: Corynoides calicularis americana

Belongs to Corynoides according to J. Riva 1974

Sister taxa: Corynoides calicularis, Corynoides incurvus, Corynoides tricornis

Type specimen: N.Y.S.M. 6965. Its type locality is Quarry in the Albany Rural Cemetery (Section 23), which is in a Chatfieldian carbonate shale in the Snake Hill Shale Formation of New York.

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Quarry in the Albany Rural Cemetery (Section 23)

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