The world's longest graptolite?

Authors
Loydell, DK Loveridge, RF
Citation
Dk. Loydell et Rf. Loveridge, The world's longest graptolite?, GEOL J, 36(1), 2001, pp. 55-57
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Earth Sciences
Journal title
GEOLOGICAL JOURNAL
ISSN journal
00721050 → ACNP
Volume
36
Issue
1
Year of publication
2001
Pages
55 - 57
Database
ISI
SICI code
0072-1050(200101/03)36:1<55:TWLG>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
An incomplete specimen of Stimulograptus halli 1.45 m long is recorded from the Aberystwyth Grits Formation north of Clarach, western mid-Wales. This is the longest graptoloid graptolite known. Assuming a growth rate similar to that of modern Rhabdopleura it lived for at least 25 years. Copyright (C ) 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.