Rhabdinopora

Rhabdinopora
Temporal range:
Possible Furongian record for Rhabdinopora wutingshanense
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Hemichordata
Class: Pterobranchia
Subclass: Graptolithina
Order: †Graptoloidea
Family: †Anisograptidae
Genus: †Rhabdinopora

Rhabdinopora is a genus of graptolites belonging to the family Anisograptidae. It is the earliest planktic graptolite and is presumably the ancestor of all later planktic graptoloids.[2] Some species identified as the first planktid graptolite are:[2]

  • Rhabdinopora proparabola
  • Rhabdinopora praeparabola
  • Rhabdinopora parabola
  • Rhabdinopora flabelliformis

References

  1. ↑ Maletz, Jörg; Toro, Blanca A.; Zhang, Yuandong (2017-02-15). "Treatise Online no. 85: Part V, Second Revision, Chapter 18: Order Graptoloidea and Family Anisograptidae: Introduction, Morphology, and Systematic Descriptions". Treatise Online. doi:10.17161/to.v0i0.6524. hdl:11336/53592. ISSN 2153-4012. Retrieved 2026-04-16.
  2. 1 2 Maletz, Jörg (2017). Graptolite Paleobiology. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 9781118515617. Archived from the original on 2021-05-09. Retrieved 2020-09-17.