New material from the Ordovician of China indicates that Inocaulis is a graptolite
Journal
Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology
Journal Volume
37
Journal Issue
4
Pages
565--566
Date Issued
2013
Author(s)
Abstract
Muir, L.A., Zhang, Y.-D. & Lin, J.-P. 2012. New material from the Ordovician of China indicates that Inocaulis is a graptolite. Alcheringa 37, 558–559. ISSN 0311-5518.The problematic Early Palaeozoic fossil Inocaulis has been regarded as an alga, a graptolite and a hydroid by different authors. A new specimen from the Ordovician (late Darriwilian) of Guizhou Province (China) shows fusellar banding, confirming that it is a benthic graptolite.Lucy A Muir [lucy@asoldasthehills.org], Yuan-dong Zhang [ydzhang@nigpas.ac.cn], Jih-Pai Lin [jplin@nigpas.ac.cn] (corresponding author), State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008, PR China. Received 13.12.2012; revised 10.5.2013; accepted 13.5.2013.
Type
journal article