01195nas a2200157   4500008004100000022001400041245019400055210006900249260001600318520056600334100001400900700001600914700001400930700001400944856007900958       2022                        eng d  a0031-022000aOldest known West Gondwanan graptolite: Ovetograptus? sp. (lower Agdzian/lowest Wuliuan; basal Middle Cambrian) of the Franconian Forest, Germany, and review of pre-Furongian graptolithoids0 aOldest known West Gondwanan graptolite Ovetograptus sp lower Agd  cMay-07-20243 a<p>The occurrence of a likely graptolite in lowest Wuliuan strata of the Franconian Forest almost certainly records the oldest known graptolithoid hemichordate in West Gondwana and possibly the oldest graptolite presently known. The fossil is a delicate, erect, apparently unbranched rhabdosome with narrow thecae tentatively assigned to the poorly known genus <em>Ovetograptus </em>of the Dithecodendridae. This report includes an overview of pre-Furongian graptolithoids with slight corrections on the stratigraphic position of earlier reported species.</p>
1 aGeyer, G.1 aLanding, E.1 aMeier, S.1 aHöhn, S.  uhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12542-022-00627-5/fulltext.html