Staurograptus (graptolite)

Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Anisograptidae

Synonym: Aletograptus Obut and Sobolevskaya 1962

Parent taxon: Anisograptidae according to J. Maletz et al. 2017

See also Maletz 2014 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Adelograptus, Ancoragraptus, Anisograptus, Aorograptus, Araneograptus, Bryograptus, Chigraptus, Choristograptus, Dictyograptus, Hunnegraptus, Kiaerograptus, Paratemnograptus, Psigraptus, Radiograptus, Rhabdinopora, Toyenograptus, Triograptus, Ruedemannograptus

Subtaxa: Staurograptus dichotomus Staurograptus mojotorensis

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Type: Staurograptus dichotomus

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Argentina (2 collections), Canada (6: Newfoundland and Labrador, Yukon), China (5), Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (3), United States (1: New York)

Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence

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