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Orthograptus pageanus

Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Diplograptidae

Taxonomy

Diplograptus (Orthograptus) pageanus was named by Elles and Wood (1907) [Lectotype BU 1222]. Its type specimen is BU 1222 and is a compression fossil.

It was recombined as Orthograptus pageanus by Goldman (1995).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Diplograptus calcaratus, O. bellulus, O. cabanensis, O. calcaratus, O. calcaratus, O. calcaratus, O. calcaratus, O. calcaratus, O. colcorotus, O. cyperoides, O. insectiformis, O. intermedius, O. maximus, O. mutabilis, O. obuti, O. pauperatus, O. pigmeus, O. proplnquus, O. rivai, O. rugosus, O. sinitzini, O. spinosus, O. spinosus, O. truncatus, O. truncatus, O. truncatus, O. vesiculosus, O. whitfieldi

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1907	Diplograptus (Orthograptus) pageanus Elles and Wood pp. 225- 226 figs. PI. 28, fig. 3a-3c, text-fig. 147
1995	Orthograptus pageanus Goldman pp. 519 - 524 figs. 5.1-5.15, 6.1-6.6, 7.1-7.3, 7.5

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
—	Ambulacraria
phylum	Hemichordata	Bateson 1885
class	Pterobranchia	Lankester 1877
subclass	Graptolithina	(Bronn 1849)

Rank	Name	Author
order	Graptoloidea	Lapworth 1875
suborder	Axonophora	Frech 1897
infraorder	Diplograptina	(Lapworth 1880)
family	Diplograptidae
subfamily	Orthograptinae
genus	Orthograptus	Lapworth 1873
species	pageanus	(Elles and Wood 1907)

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.

†Orthograptus pageanus Elles and Wood 1907

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Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
D. Goldman 1995	Orthograptus with long single apertural spines on the first two or rarely first four thecae; much shorter paired apertural spines on subsequent thecae; rhabdosome widens rapidly from a relatively narrow proximal end.

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 et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Chatfieldian to the top of the Gisbornian or 453.80000 to 452.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Gisbornian	458.2 - 452.3	USA (Idaho)	Orthograptus pageanus (145240)
Chatfieldian	453.8 - 451.0	USA (New York)	Orthograptus pageanus (37194 184438 184441)