Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Climacograptidae
Parent taxon: Climacograptidae according to X. Chen et al. 2016
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Appendispinograptus, Climacograptus, Diplacanthograptus, Haddingograptus, Oelandograptus, Proclimacograptus, Styracograptus
Subtaxa: Pseudoclimacograptus (Metaclimacograptus) Pseudoclimacograptus scharenbergi
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of China (1 collection), Denmark (2), France (1)
• Uhaku of the Russian Federation (2), Sweden (1)
• Whiterockian of Canada (3: Newfoundland and Labrador)
• Arenig of China (3)
• Ningkuo of China (8)
• Ordovician to Silurian of the Russian Federation (1)
• Ordovician of Canada (3: New Brunswick, Yukon), China (36), Czechia (1), Kazakhstan (2), Morocco (1), New Zealand (1), Norway (1), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (9), Spain (1), Sweden (9), United States (12: Alaska, Idaho, Virginia)
Total: 99 collections including 102 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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