Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Diplograptidae
Synonym: Amansites Brongniart 1849
Full reference: J. Maletz. 2011. The identity of the Ordovician (Darriwilian) graptolite Fucoides dentatus Brongniart, 1828. Palaeontology 54(4):851-865
Parent taxon: Diplograptidae according to B. Toro et al. 2024
See also Andrews 1970, Maletz 2011 and Maletz 2017
Sister taxa: Amplexograptus, Anticostia, Cephalograptus, Corynoides, Diplograptinae, Diplograptus, Orthograptinae, Parareteograptus, Rectograptus, Peiragraptinae
Subtaxa: Levisograptus austrodentatus Levisograptus dentatus Levisograptus dicellograptoides Levisograptus primus Levisograptus sinicus Levisograptus sinodentatus
Type: Fucoides dentatus
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador collection)
• Ordovician of Argentina (3), Australia (1), Canada (1: Quebec), China (5), Latvia (1), Lithuania (4), New Zealand (1), the Russian Federation (4)
Total: 21 collections including 27 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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