Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Diplograptidae
Alternative spelling: Graptolithus (Diplograptus)
Synonyms: Diplograptus (Mesograptus) Elles and Wood , Mesograptus Elles and Wood
Parent taxon: Diplograptidae according to P. Storch et al. 2011
See also Churkin and Carter 1970, Ruedemann 1912, Sepkoski 2002 and Tang and Chen 2014
Sister taxa: Amplexograptus, Anticostia, Cephalograptus, Corynoides, Diplograptinae, Levisograptus, Orthograptinae, Parareteograptus, Rectograptus, Peiragraptinae
Subtaxa: Diplograptus pristis Graptolithus (Diplograptus) hypniformis
Distribution:
• Silurian of Argentina (1 collection), Canada (2: New Brunswick, Yukon), China (3), Denmark (2), Morocco (1), the Russian Federation (2), Thailand (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (5: Alaska, New York)
• Uhaku of the Russian Federation (1)
• Whiterockian of Canada (3: Newfoundland and Labrador)
• Chazyan of Canada (1: Northwest Territories)
• Arenigian of United States (1: Alaska)
• Ordovician of Argentina (2), Australia (1), Canada (14: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec), China (18), the Czech Republic (2), Kazakhstan (1), New Zealand (17), North Korea (1), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (5), South Korea (1), Sweden (9), the United Kingdom (2), United States (38: Alaska, Idaho, Kentucky, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Virginia)
Total: 137 collections including 155 occurrences
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