De. Jackson et Ac. Lenz, Occurrences of Psigraptus and Chigraptus gen. nov. in the Tremadoc of the Yukon Territory, Canada, GEOL MAG, 136(2), 1999, pp. 153-157
The full stratigraphical context of the type materials of Psigraptus arctic
us and II lenzi from Rod; River are given, as well as a new occurrence of t
he Psigraptus-Adelograptus Zone in the Upper Canyon, Peel River of Canada's
Yukon Territory. A new monotypic genus Chigraptus is created for a quadrir
adiate anisograptid graptolite with four unbranched first-order stipes, a h
orizontal to slightly reclined rhabdosome and isolate autothecae. The genus
is found only at the base of the Early Tremadoc Anisograptus-Staurograptus
Zone. Chigraptus may have given rise to the Late Tremadoc Psigraptus by a
reduction in first-order stipes and by increased reclination.