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Nicholsonograptus fasciculatus

Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Dichograptidae

Taxonomy
Didymograptus fasciculatus was named by Nicholson (1869). It is the type species of Nicholsonograptus.

It was recombined as Azygograptus fasciculatus by Ekstrom (1937) and Skwarko (1962); it was recombined as Nicholsonograptus fasciculatus by Boucek and Pribyl (1951) and Maletz (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Didymograptus fasciculatus Nicholson p. 241 figs. pl. 11, fig, 21-22
1937Azygograptus fasciculatus Ekstrom p. 32
1951Nicholsonograptus fasciculatus Boucek and Pribyl
1962Azygograptus fasciculatus Skwarko p. 223
1997Nicholsonograptus fasciculatus Maletz pp. 35 - 36 figs. 14A-F

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumHemichordataBateson 1885
classPterobranchiaLankester 1877
RankNameAuthor
subclassGraptolithina(Bronn 1849)
orderGraptoloideaLapworth 1875
suborderDichograptinaLapworth 1873
familyDichograptidaeLapworth 1873
subfamilyDidymograpti
genusNicholsonograptusNicholson and Lapworth 1875
speciesfasciculatus(Nicholson 1869)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: "sclero-protein"c
Locomotion: passively mobileo
Life habit: planktonico
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 15:07:12
Modified: 2009-05-19 07:15:15
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Darriwilian to the top of the Gisbornian or 467.30000 to 452.70000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4New Zealand Azygograptus fasciculatus (63963 63964 63970 63971)
Gisbornian458.4 - 452.7New Zealand Azygograptus fasciculatus (63956 63960 63961 63965 63967 63969)