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Rectograptus peosta
Taxonomy
Graptolithus (Diplograptus) peosta was named by Hall (1861).
It was recombined as Rectograptus peosta by Goldman and Bergström (1997).
It was recombined as Rectograptus peosta by Goldman and Bergström (1997).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1861 | Graptolithus (Diplograptus) peosta Hall p. 17 |
| 1997 | Rectograptus peosta Goldman and Bergström pp. 1000 - 1003 figs. Plate 2, figures 4-8; Text-figure 11A-K |
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†Rectograptus peosta Hall 1861
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| D. Goldman and S. M. Bergström 1997 | Slender Rectograptus species, aseptate, widening from 0·84-1·00 mm at the th11 aperture to Hfr1·36 mm at the sixth thecal pair, to a maximum of 1·56 mm in long specimens. ThP bears a single apertural spine; thl' and subsequent thecae are spineless; thecae straight, simple, with everted apertures, inclined to rhabdosome axis at a low angle (approximately 25°). |
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Maysvillian to the top of the Richmondian or 450.20000 to 445.50000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maysvillian | USA (Michigan) | Rectograptus peosta (184443) | |
| Richmondian | USA (Minnesota) | Diplograptus peosta (358) |