A Wenlock ancestor of the micropoma phylogenetic lineage |
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| Authors: | LECH TELLER |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Paleobiology ofthe Polish Academy ofSciences, Unit for Graptolite Research, id. Newelska 6, PL-01–447 Warszawa, Poland |
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| Abstract: | A new graptolite species, Monoclimacis praemicropoma , from the Upper Wenlock of Poland is described. It is an ancestor of the Lower Ludlow M. micropoma (Jaeckel). The phytogeny of the praemicropoma-micropoma lineage is discussed. M. micropoma nannopoma (Jaeger) has been assigned to a separate evolutionary lineage. Graptolites, Wenlock, phytogeny . |
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