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Oktavites bodentoeriensis

Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Monograptidae

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YearName and author
2003Oktavites bodentoeriensis Loydell p. 60 figs. text-fig. 1, figs 14-17; text-fig. 3
2005Oktavites bodentoeriensis Rickards et al. pp. 149 - 150 figs. 3C-L

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumHemichordataBateson 1885
classPterobranchiaLankester 1877
subclassGraptolithina(Bronn 1849)
RankNameAuthor
orderGraptoloideaLapworth 1875
suborderAxonophoraFrech 1897
infraorderNeograptinaStorch et al. 2011
superfamilyMonograptoideaLapworth 1873
familyMonograptidaeLapworth 1873
genusOktavitesLevina 1928
speciesbodentoeriensisLoydell 2003

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Oktavites bodentoeriensis Loydell 2003
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. B. Rickards et al. 2005Oktavites with some rhabdosomal coiling beginning ca th12; prosicula 0.16-0.28 mm long; sicula 1.2-1.5 mm long; virgella short and fine. Proximal dorsoventral width of rhabdosome 0.6-0.8; distal dorsoventral width 0.75-0.85 mm. Proximal thecal spacing 7 in 10 mm; distal thecal spacing 7.5-8 in 10 mm; thecal overlap very low (diagnosis modified after Loydell on the basis of our new material).