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Azygograptus novozealandicus

Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Dichograptidae

Taxonomy
Azygograptus novozealandicus was named by Skwarko (1962) [TYPE LOCALITY: GS 7375, Peel Range, South Island, New Zealand (Lw Gisbornian). TYPE REPOSITORY: New Zealand Geological Survey (now GNS Science), Lower Hutt, New Zealand]. It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is GS 7371 - Aorere Group, Chaffey Stream, which is in a Darriwilian marine shale/sandstone in the Leslie Formation of New Zealand.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Azygograptus novozealandicus Skwarko p. 224 figs. text fig. 4, fig. 6

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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
genusAzygograptusNicholson and Lapworth 1875
speciesnovozealandicus

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 et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Darriwilian to the top of the Gisbornian or 469.40000 to 452.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2New Zealand Azygograptus novozealandicus (type locality: 63963)
Gisbornian458.2 - 452.3New Zealand Azygograptus novozealandicus (63960 63961 63965 63967)