Pterobranchia - Dendroidea - Dendrograptidae
Synonym: Rhizograptus Spencer 1878
Parent taxon: Dendrograptidae according to R. B. Rickards et al. 1990
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Airograptus, Aspidograptus, Calyxdendrum, Dendrograptus, Graptolodendrum, Licnograptus, Ophigraptus, Polygonograptus, Ptilograptus
Subtaxa: Desmograptus cancellatus Desmograptus quiltyi
Type: Dictyograptus cancellatus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of the Czech Republic (3 collections)
• Silurian of China (1), United States (2: Illinois, Wisconsin)
• Klabava of the Czech Republic (1)
• Ordovician of Canada (2: Manitoba, Ontario), China (1), the Czech Republic (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), Sweden (1), United States (2: Minnesota, New York)
• Tremadoc of China (4)
• Cambrian of Australia (1), Canada (1: Northwest Territories)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
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