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Plectograptinae
Taxonomy
Plectograptinae was named by Boucek and Münch (1952). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Retiolitidae by Bulman (1970), Lenz and Melchin (1987) and Maletz (2014).
It was assigned to Retiolitidae by Bulman (1970), Lenz and Melchin (1987) and Maletz (2014).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1952 | Plectograptinae Boucek and Münch |
1970 | Plectograptinae Bulman p. V130 |
1987 | Plectograptinae Lenz and Melchin p. 166 |
2014 | Plectograptinae Maletz p. 520 |
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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.
Subfm. †Plectograptinae Boucek and Münch 1952
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G. †Baculograptus Lenz and Kozlowska-Dawidziuk 2002
G. †Cometograptus Kozłowska-Dawidziuk 2001
G. †Giganteograptus Lenz and Kozłowska 2007
G. †Gothograptus
G. †Holoretiolites
G. †Neogothograptus
G. †Sagenograptus
G. †Spinograptus
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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A. C. Lenz and M. J. Melchin 1987 | Clathria well developed, sometimes without reticula, lacinia absent; development with ancora stage; proximal end of rhabdosome usually somewhat inflated (corona), narrowing distally and in some genera terminates in a slender tubular "appendix". Virgula free or incorporated into ventral wall. Surface of lists pustulose on outside surface (pi. 3, fig. 6). Seams of the clathria and reticula generally face in and out, respectively. |
Measurements
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References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004 |
Age range: base of the Llandovery to the top of the Pridoli or 443.40000 to 419.20000 Ma
Collections (22 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Llandovery | Canada (Nunavut) | Giganteograptus giganteus (145574) | |
Sheinwoodian | Czech Republic | Plectograptus textor (14051 14093) | |
Wenlock | Lithuania | Gothograptus nassa (207386) | |
Wenlock | China (Yunnan) | Spinograptus spinosus (27783) | |
Wenlock | Australia (New South Wales) | Gothograptus sp., Plectograptus robustus, Spinograptus clathrospinosus, Baculograptus chainos (121148) | |
Wenlock - Pridoli | Algeria | Plectograptus macilentus (27174) | |
Homerian | Czech Republic | Gothograptus nassa (14028 14029 14077) Plectograptus praemacilentus (14062) | |
Homerian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Plectograptus sp., Spinograptus sp. (497) | |
Homerian | Lithuania | Gothograptus eisenacki, Gothograptus nassa (207375) Gothograptus nassa (180026 180027 180028 207376 207381) | |
Gorstian | Czech Republic | Plectograptus macilentus (14063) | |
Gorstian - Ludfordian | Czech Republic | Spinograptus spinosus (14066) | |
Ludlow | Poland | Gothograptus nassa (145670) | |
Pridoli | Canada (Nunavut) | Plectograptus macilentus (14022) |