| Ophigraptus Jaeger, 1992 Type species: Ophigraptus hercyniae Jaeger, 1992 |
The dendroid graptolite Ophigraptus
hercyniae Jaeger has a roughly bilaterally
symmetrical, frond-shaped linear rhabdosome
with a rounded-zigzag to meandring main
stipe, and alternating typically regularly
arranged side-branches with one to three
dichotomies.
Distribution:
Lower/Middle Devonian boundary in Harz,
Germany.
References:
Jaeger, H. 1992. Ein dendroider Graptolith
(Ophigraptus hercyniae n.g.n.sp.) von der
Unter-/Mitteldevon-Grenze im Harz
(Deutschland). - Paläontologische
Zeitschrift 66, 1/2, 123-128.
hercyniae Jaeger has a roughly bilaterally
symmetrical, frond-shaped linear rhabdosome
with a rounded-zigzag to meandring main
stipe, and alternating typically regularly
arranged side-branches with one to three
dichotomies.
Distribution:
Lower/Middle Devonian boundary in Harz,
Germany.
References:
Jaeger, H. 1992. Ein dendroider Graptolith
(Ophigraptus hercyniae n.g.n.sp.) von der
Unter-/Mitteldevon-Grenze im Harz
(Deutschland). - Paläontologische
Zeitschrift 66, 1/2, 123-128.
| Order Dendroidea, Family uncertain |
Holotype.
aut - autotheca
bi - bitheca
a.p. - apertural processs
st - stolon
From Jaeger.
aut - autotheca
bi - bitheca
a.p. - apertural processs
st - stolon
From Jaeger.
| Other dendroid genera known from Devonian deposits: Dendrograptus Hall, 1858 Desmograptus Hopkinson, 1875 Dictyonema Hall, 1851 Koremagraptus Bulman, 1927 Palaeodictyota Whitfield, 1902 Ptiograptus Ruedemann, 1908 |
