Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Normalograptidae
Alternative combinations: Climacograptus (Climacograptus) normalis, Climacograptus normalis, Climacograptus scalaris normalis
Full reference: C. Lapworth. 1877. On the graptolites of County Down. Proceedings of the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club 1:107-147
Belongs to Normalograptus according to M. A. Saparin and M. S. Ismail 2023
See also Lapworth 1877, Laurie 1991 and Legrand 1987
Sister taxa: Normalograptus ajjeri, Normalograptus angustus, Normalograptus jideliensis, Normalograptus laciniosus, Normalograptus lubricus, Normalograptus magnus, Normalograptus medius, Normalograptus mirnyensis, Normalograptus praecursor, Normalograptus radicatus, Normalograptus rectangularis, Normalograptus rhizinus, Normalograptus temalaensis, Normalograptus trifilis
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Argentina (1 collection), Canada (12: Québec, Yukon), China (3), Malaysia (1), the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (5), Uzbekistan (2)
• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (3: Québec)
• Ordovician of Australia (3), Canada (1: Québec), China (1), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (4)
Total: 39 collections each including a single occurrence
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