Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Phyllograptidae
Full reference: R. A. Cooper and R. A. Fortey. 1982. The Ordovician graptolites of Spitsbergen. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), (Geology) 36:157-302
Parent taxon: Phyllograptidae according to J. Maletz et al. 2018
See also Cooper and Fortey 1982 and Toro 1997
Sister taxa: Corymbograptus, Harrisgraptus, Paratetragraptus, Pendeograptus, Phyllograptus, Tetragraptus, Tshallograptus
Subtaxa: Pseudophyllograptus angustifolius Pseudophyllograptus densus
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Yapeenian of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Volkhov of Lithuania (5)
• Arenig of Australia (11), Bolivia (1), China (1)
• Ordovician of Argentina (2), Bolivia (1), Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador), New Zealand (3), the Russian Federation (5), United States (1: Idaho)
Total: 32 collections including 36 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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