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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), Maletz (2014).
It was assigned to Retiolitidae by Bulman (1970), Lenz and Melchin (1987), Maletz (2014).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 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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Age range: base of the Llandovery to the top of the Pridoli or 443.10000 to 419.62000 Ma
Collections (23 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Llandovery | Canada (Nunavut) | Giganteograptus giganteus (145574) | |
| Sheinwoodian | Czechia | Plectograptus textor (14051 14093) | |
| Wenlock | Australia (New South Wales) | Gothograptus sp., Plectograptus robustus, Spinograptus clathrospinosus, Baculograptus chainos (121148) | |
| Wenlock | Lithuania | Gothograptus nassa (207386) | |
| Wenlock | China (Yunnan) | Spinograptus spinosus (27783) | |
| Wenlock - Pridoli | Algeria | Plectograptus macilentus (27174) | |
| Homerian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Plectograptus sp., Spinograptus sp. (497) | |
| Homerian | Czechia | Gothograptus nassa (14028 14029 14077) Plectograptus praemacilentus (14062) | |
| Homerian | Lithuania | Gothograptus eisenacki, Gothograptus nassa (207375) Gothograptus nassa (180026 180027 180028 207376 207381) | |
| Gorstian | Czechia | Plectograptus macilentus (14063) | |
| Gorstian | USA (Maine) | Plectograptus sp. (516) | |
| Gorstian - Ludfordian | Czechia | Spinograptus spinosus (14066) | |
| Ludlow | Poland | Gothograptus nassa (145670) | |
| Pridoli | Canada (Nunavut) | Plectograptus macilentus (14022) |