Mastigograptus Ruedemann 1908 (graptolite)

Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Mastigograptidae

Full reference: R. Ruedemann. 1908. Graptolites of New York: Pt. II, Graptolites of the Higher Beds. New York State Museum Memoir 11:457-583

Parent taxon: Mastigograptidae according to Maletz 2017

See also LoDuca and Kramer 2014, Rickards et al. 1990 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Micrograptus

Subtaxa: Mastigograptus serialis Mastigograptus tenuiramosus

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Type: Dendrograptus tenuiramosus

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of United States (2: Michigan, Oklahoma collections)

• Arenig of United States (1: Montana)

• Ordovician of Canada (3: Ontario), Estonia (1), Lithuania (1), New Zealand (1), United States (9: New York, Ohio)

• Cambrian of Australia (1), United States (1: Wisconsin)

Total: 20 collections including 21 occurrences

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