Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Anisograptidae
Synonym: Nephelograptidae Boucek 1957
Parent taxon: Graptodendroidina according to J. Maletz et al. 2017
See also Cho et al. 2009, Cooper et al. 1998, Maletz 2006, Maletz 2014, Maletz et al. 2010 and Monteros and Moya 2011
Sister taxon: Mastigograptidae
Subtaxa: Adelograptus Ancoragraptus Anisograptus Aorograptus Araneograptus Bryograptus Chigraptus Choristograptus Dictyograptus Hunnegraptus Kiaerograptus Paratemnograptus Psigraptus Radiograptus Rhabdinopora Ruedemannograptus Staurograptus Toyenograptus Triograptus
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Czechia (1 collection), Germany (1)
• Arenig of Canada (1: Yukon), Norway (1)
• Ningkuo of China (1)
• Ordovician of Argentina (8), Australia (9), Bolivia (7), Canada (39: New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Terrorities, Quebec, Yukon), China (20), Czechia (2), Estonia (6), Mexico (2), Morocco (2), New Zealand (6), Norway (10), the Russian Federation (8), Sweden (3), the United Kingdom (11), United States (6: Montana, New York, Texas, Utah)
• Canadian of United States (2: Utah)
• Ibexian of United States (1: Nevada)
• Skullrockian of Greenland (1)
• Cambrian to Ordovician of the Russian Federation (1)
• Cambrian of Argentina (1)
Total: 150 collections including 327 occurrences