Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Anisograptidae
Synonym: Heterograptus Lin 1986
Parent taxon: Anisograptidae according to J. Maletz et al. 2017
See also Chen et al. 2016, Cooper et al. 1998, Maletz et al. 2009 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Adelograptus, Ancoragraptus, Anisograptus, Aorograptus, Araneograptus, Bryograptus, Chigraptus, Choristograptus, Dictyograptus, Hunnegraptus, Kiaerograptus, Paratemnograptus, Psigraptus, Radiograptus, Staurograptus, Toyenograptus, Triograptus, Ruedemannograptus
Subtaxa: Rhabdinopora enigma Rhabdinopora flabelliformis Rhabdinopora umbellata
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Australia (2 collections), Canada (3: Newfoundland and Labrador), Estonia (5), Mexico (1), Norway (5), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (2), the United Kingdom (6), United States (1: Utah)
• Canadian of United States (2: Utah)
• Cressagian of the United Kingdom (2)
• Tremadoc of Argentina (3), Bolivia (3), Canada (1: Newfoundland), China (4), the Czech Republic (2), Morocco (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Cambrian to Ordovician of the Russian Federation (1)
• Cambrian of Argentina (1)
Total: 47 collections including 67 occurrences
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