Pleurograptus (graptolite)

Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Dicranograptidae

Synonym: Cladograpsus Carruthers 1858 [replaced name]

Parent taxon: Nemagraptinae according to J. Maletz 2014

See also Bulman 1929, Sepkoski 2002 and Storch et al. 2011

Sister taxon: Nemagraptus

Subtaxa: Pleurograptus linearis Pleurograptus lui

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Type: Cladograpsus linearis

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of China (11 collections), United States (17: Idaho, Nevada)

Total: 28 collections each including a single occurrence

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