Plectograptus (graptolite)

Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Retiolitidae

Synonym: Agastograptus Obut and Zaslavskaya 1983

Parent taxon: Plectograptinae according to A. C. Lenz and M. J. Melchin 1987

See also Kozłowska−Dawidziuk 2002 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Baculograptus, Cometograptus, Giganteograptus, Gothograptus, Holoretiolites, Neogothograptus, Paraplectograptus, Sagenograptus, Spinograptus

Subtaxa: Plectograptus (Sokolovograptus)

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Ecology: passively mobile planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of Algeria (1 collection), Australia (1), Canada (2: Northwest Territories, Nunavut), the Czech Republic (4)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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