Mastigograptida
Classification
Phylum: Hemichordata
Class: Graptolithina
Order: Mastigograptida (Bates & Urbanek, 2002)
Cincinnatian Families: Mastigograptidae
Geologic Range
Cambrian-Silurian
Common Paleoecology
Mastigograptida is an extinct order or sessile suspension feeders
Characteristics of the Order
- Sicula cylindrical
- Dendroid habitus but stipes produced by chain of corticalized stolothecae with thin-walled free thecae
- Random arrangements of oblique sutures, and not revealing a distinct dimorphism
Published Descriptions
Bates & Urbanek (2002):
- Cylindrical sicula, budding in triads, dendroid habitus but stipes produced by chain of corticalized stolothecae with thin-walled free thecae, displaying random arrangements
of oblique sutures, and not revealing a distinct dimorphism.
Mastigograptidae
