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Petalolithus

Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Retiolitidae

Taxonomy
Petalolithus is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Graptoloidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Petalolithinae by Lenz et al. (2018).

Species lacking formal opinion data
P. conicus, P. minor

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Petalograptus Sepkoski
2002Petalolithus Sepkoski
2018Petalolithus Lenz et al. p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumHemichordataBateson 1885
classPterobranchiaLankester 1877
subclassGraptolithina(Bronn 1849)
RankNameAuthor
orderGraptoloideaLapworth 1875
suborderAxonophoraFrech 1897
infraorderNeograptinaStorch et al. 2011
superfamilyRetiolitoideaLapworth 1873
familyRetiolitidaeLapworth 1873
subfamilyPetalolithinaeBulman 1955
genusPetalolithus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Invalid names: Petalograptus [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: "sclero-protein"c
Locomotion: passively mobileo
Life habit: planktonico
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 15:07:12
Modified: 2009-05-19 07:15:15
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Rhuddanian to the top of the Telychian or 443.40000 to 433.40000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhuddanian443.4 - 440.8China (Xinjiang) P. atavus (27765)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Petalograptus sp. (496)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4China (Gansu) P. palmeus, P. minor (27902)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4Saudi Arabia (Al-Qasim) Petalograptus ovatoelongatus (145598)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4China (Sichuan) P. sp. (27804)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4China (Guangxi) P. palmeus, P. sp. (27862)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4Canada (Northwest Territories) Petalograptus sp. (25504)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4China (Xinjiang) P. sp. (27736)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4USA (Alaska) Petalograptus minor (145595) Petalograptus palmeus (145592)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4China (Nei Mongol) P. elongatus (27911)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4China (Hunan) P. sp. (27739)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4Algeria Petalograptus palmeus (27468)
Rhuddanian - Telychian443.4 - 433.4China (Yunnan) P. palmeus, P. minor, P. tenuis (27782)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5Denmark (Bornholm) Petalograptus folium (13710) Petalograptus ovatoelongatus, Petalograptus minor (13709)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5China (Hubei) P. elevatus, P. palmeus (27813)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5USA (Idaho) Petalograptus minor (145514)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5United Kingdom (England) Petalograptus sp. (453 454)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5Czech Republic Petalograptus spp. (14087)
Aeronian - Telychian440.8 - 433.4Algeria Petalograptus palmeus (27205)
Aeronian - Telychian440.8 - 433.4China (Sichuan) P. minor (27852)
Aeronian - Telychian440.8 - 433.4Serbia and Montenegro P. elongatus, P. giganteus, P. palmeus, P. conicus, P. ovatus (145656)
Aeronian - Telychian440.8 - 433.4Morocco Petalograptus palmeus (27457 27460)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4China (Hubei) P. minor, P. elongatus (27841)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4China P. sp. (27773)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Serbia and Montenegro P. altissimus, P. elongatus, P. giganteus, P. palmeus (145657)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Denmark (Bornholm) Petalograptus palmeus, Petalograptus ovatus, Petalograptus altissimus (13711) Petalograptus tenuis (13712)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Morocco Petalograptus altissimus (27440)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4France Petalograptus sp. (26111)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4China (Sichuan) P. minor (27842) P. spp. (27798)