Rhabdinopora flabelliformis Eichwald 1840 (graptolite)

Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Anisograptidae

Alternative combinations: Dictyograptus flabelliforme, Dictyograptus flabelliformis, Dictyonema flabelliforme, Dictyonema flabelliformis, Gorgonia flabelliformis, Rhabdinopora flabelliforme

Belongs to Rhabdinopora according to R. A. Cooper et al. 1998

See also Wang and Muir 2015

Sister taxa: Rhabdinopora enigma, Rhabdinopora umbellata

Subtaxa: Dictyonema flabelliforme intermedium Rhabdinopora flabelliformis anglica Rhabdinopora flabelliformis flabelliformis Rhabdinopora flabelliformis multithecata Rhabdinopora flabelliformis norvegica Rhabdinopora flabelliformis parabola Rhabdinopora flabelliformis socialis

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Ecology: passively mobile planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Argentina (2 collections), Australia (2), Bolivia (3), Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador), China (4), the Czech Republic (2), Estonia (5), Norway (5), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (8), United States (1: Utah)

• Canadian of United States (2: Utah)

Total: 36 collections including 46 occurrences

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