Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Diplograptidae
Alternative spellings: Diplograptus (Orthograptus), Glossograptus (Orthograptus)
Parent taxon: Orthograptinae according to D. Goldman 1995
See also Mitchell 1987, Nõlvak and Goldman 2007, Ruedemann 1908 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Hustedograptus, Paraorthograptus
Subtaxa: Orthograptus eucharis Orthograptus fastigatus Orthograptus pageanus Orthograptus quadrimucronatus Orthograptus ruedemanni Orthograptus spinigerus Orthograptus thorsteinssoni
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (1: Yukon collection), China (4), Denmark (3), Morocco (2), the Russian Federation (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (11: Alaska, New York)
• Dobrotivian of Portugal (3)
• Chazyan of Canada (1: Northwest Territories)
• Arenig of China (1)
• Ordovician to Silurian of United States (2: Alaska)
• Ordovician of Argentina (4), Australia (1), Belgium (2), Canada (38: New Brunswick, Northwest Territories, Northwest Territories and Yukon, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Québec, Yukon), China (85), the Czech Republic (1), Kazakhstan (5), Norway (4), the Russian Federation (4), Sweden (6), the United Kingdom (3), United States (57: Alaska, Idaho, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas), Venezuela (1)
Total: 246 collections including 279 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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