Baltograptus deflexus Elles and Wood 1901 (graptolite)

Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Didymograptidae

Alternative combinations: Corymbograptus deflexus, Didymograptus (Corymbograptus) deflexus, Didymograptus deflexus

Belongs to Baltograptus according to A. W. A. Rushton 2011

See also Lo Valvo et al. 2020, Strachan 1981, Toro 1994 and Toro and Maletz 2008

Sister taxa: Baltograptus extremus, Baltograptus geometricus, Baltograptus jacksoni, Baltograptus vacillans, Baltograptus varicosus

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Yapeenian of New Zealand (4 collections)

• Arenig of Argentina (4)

• Ordovician of Argentina (2), Bolivia (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), New Zealand (1), the Russian Federation (4)

Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence

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