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Rhabdinopora flabelliformis norvegica

Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Anisograptidae

Taxonomy
Dictyonema norvegicum was named by Kjerulf (1865).

It was recombined as Dictyonema flabelliformis norvegicum by Brӧgger (1882); it was recombined as Rhabdinopora flabelliformis norvegica by Wang and Servais (2015); it was recombined as Rhabdinopora norvegica by Wagner (2020).

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Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Dictyonema norvegicum Kjerulf p. 1 figs. 1a, b (non. figs 2, 3)
1882Dictyonema flabelliformis norvegicum Brӧgger p. 36
2015Rhabdinopora flabelliformis norvegica Wang and Servais pp. 75 - 76 figs. 4 D, F; 5 B-D; 6 B
2020Rhabdinopora norvegica Wagner

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumHemichordataBateson 1885
classPterobranchiaLankester 1877
RankNameAuthor
subclassGraptolithina(Bronn 1849)
orderGraptoloideaLapworth 1875
suborderGraptodendroidinaMu and Lin 1981
familyAnisograptidaeBullman 1950
genusRhabdinoporaEichwald 1860
speciesflabelliformis(Eichwald 1840)
subspeciesnorvegica(Kjerulf 1865)

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
ReferenceDiagnosis
W.-H. Wang and T. Servais 2015The largest reminiscent of the rhabdosome suggests that the total length exceeded at least 77.9 mm long with a distal width of 56.7 mm. The length-width ratio is commonly higher than 1.3, with a rapid initial dichotomous branching. The mesh pattern is characterised by a quite regular distribution of stipes and dissepiments giving rise to sub-rounded fenestrulae. The meshwork generally possesses 9-13 stipes in 10 mm. Dissepiments join the stipes and show a characteristic pouch-like “balconies” morphology. The stipes are slightly undulating. The lateral stipe width ranges from 0.3 to 0.6 mm. The dissepiments are variable, sometimes 8 to 12 in 10 mm, rarely angular. Cortical overgrowth happened in the rhabdosome and dissepiments make the appearance of the meshwork in this species characteristically coarse and robust (Fig. 5 B, D).