Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Retiolitidae
Full reference: M. J. Melchin, C. E. Mitchell, A. Naczk-Cameron, J. X. Fan, and J. Loxton. 2011. Phylogeny and adaptive radiation of the Neograptina (Graptoloida) during the Hirnantian Mass Extinction and Silurian recovery. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 58(4):281-309
Parent taxon: Petalolithinae according to M. J. Melchin et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Comograptus, Glyptograptus, Parapetalolithus, Petalolithus, Sudburigraptus
Subtaxa: Paramplexograptus kiliani Paramplexograptus madernii Paramplexograptus paucispinus
Type: Paraorthograptus paucispinus
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of China (2 collections), Uzbekistan (2)
Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences
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