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| Rhabdopleura vistulae Koz³owski, 1956 |
| Graptolithoidea: Order Rhabdopleuroidea |
| Cysts of a dormant buds with stolons, preserved in full relief (1) and strongly flattened (2), as well as an inflated stolon (3). SEM micrographs from Mierzejewski (1986). Abbreviations: c - cyst of a dormant buds, i - inflation of stolon, s -stolon. |
| This fossil species of Rhabdopleura is known from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian - Danian) and Lower Tertiary (Montian) of Poland. The material of Rh. vistulae was discovered by Krystyna Po¿aryska in limestone samples from the well named Gora Pu³awska and described by Roman Koz³owski (1949, 1956). |
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| References: Koz³owski, R. 1949. Découverte de Ptérobranche Rhabdopleura a l'état fossile dans le Crétacé supérieur en Pologne. - C.R. Acad. Sc. de Paris, 228, 1505-1507. Koz³owski, R. 1956. Sur Rhabdopleura du Danien de Pologne. - Acta Palaeontologicia Polonica 1, 1, 3-21. Mierzejewski, P. 1986. Ultrastructure, taxonomy and affinities of some Ordovician and Silurian organic microfossils. - Palaeontologia Polonica 47, 129-220. |
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| Related web pages Rhabdopleuroidea Rh. compacta Rh. graysoni Rh.kozlowskii Rh.normani Rh. sinica "Rh." obuti Rhabdotubus Rhabdopleuroididae |
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