Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Dicranograptidae
Synonym: Leptograptus Lapworth 1873
Parent taxon: Dicranograptidae according to X. Chen et al. 2016
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Storch et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Dicranograptus, Levisograptus, Nemagraptinae
Subtaxa: Dicellograptus anceps Dicellograptus caduceus Dicellograptus complanatus Dicellograptus complexus Dicellograptus divaricatus Dicellograptus elegans Dicellograptus gravis Dicellograptus ornatus Dicellograptus sextans
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Argentina (10 collections), Australia (2), Belgium (2), Canada (17: British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Northwest Territories and Yukon, Ontario, Quebec, Québec, Yukon), China (78), the Czech Republic (3), Ireland (1), New Zealand (11), Norway (5), the Russian Federation (13), Sweden (13), the United Kingdom (1), United States (84: Alaska, California, Idaho, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia), Vietnam (1)
• Llandeilo of China (11)
• Whiterockian of United States (1: Nevada)
• Arenig of China (2)
Total: 255 collections including 350 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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