Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Retiolitidae
Alternative combinations: Diplograptus (Glyptograptus) tamariscus, Diplograptus tamariscus
Belongs to Glyptograptus according to M. J. Melchin et al. 2011
See also Lapworth 1880 and Strachan 1997
Sister taxa: Glyptograptus (Pseudoglyptograptus), Glyptograptus (Pseudoglytograptus), Glyptograptus elegans, Glyptograptus incertus, Glyptograptus tamariscoides, Glyptograptus trubinensis
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Australia (1 collection), Canada (2: Northwest Territories, Nunavut), China (6), Denmark (1), France (1), the Russian Federation (7), the United Kingdom (4), United States (4: Alaska, Idaho), Western Sahara (1)
• Ordovician of Canada (2: Nunavut), United States (2: Idaho)
Total: 31 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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