Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Diplograptidae
Alternative spelling: Graptolithus (Diplograptus)
Synonyms: Diplograptus (Mesograptus) Elles and Wood , Mesograptus Elles and Wood
Parent taxon: Diplograptidae according to P. Storch et al. 2011
See also Churkin and Carter 1970, Ruedemann 1912, Sepkoski 2002 and Tang and Chen 2014
Sister taxa: Amplexograptus, Anticostia, Cephalograptus, Corynoides, Diplograptinae, Orthograptinae, Parareteograptus, Rectograptus, Peiragraptinae
Subtaxa: Diplograptus hughesi Diplograptus pristis Graptolithus (Diplograptus) hypniformis
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Argentina (1 collection), Canada (2: New Brunswick, Yukon), China (3), the Czech Republic (1), Denmark (3), Ireland (1), Morocco (1), Paraguay (1), the Russian Federation (2), Serbia and Montenegro (2), Sweden (1), Thailand (1), the United Kingdom (12), United States (10: Alaska, Iowa, New York)
• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (1: Québec)
• Ordovician of Argentina (2), Australia (1), Canada (14: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec), China (16), the Czech Republic (2), Kazakhstan (1), New Zealand (17), North Korea (1), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (5), South Korea (1), Sweden (9), the United Kingdom (4), United States (38: Alaska, Idaho, Kentucky, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Virginia)
• Llandeilo of Canada (1: Northwest Territories), China (2)
• Whiterockian of Canada (3: Newfoundland and Labrador)
• Arenigian of United States (1: Alaska)
Total: 161 collections including 182 occurrences
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