Rectograptus socialis Lapworth 1880 (graptolite)

Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Diplograptidae

Alternative combinations: Diplograptus socialis, Orthograptus socialis

Full reference: C. Lapworth. 1880. XIV. — On new British Graptolites. Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Series 5 5(26):149-177

Belongs to Rectograptus according to L. Tang and X. Chen 2014

See also Goldman and Bergström 1997, Lapworth 1880 and Williams 1987

Sister taxa: Rectograptus abbreviatus, Rectograptus amplexicaulis, Rectograptus gracilis, Rectograptus peosta, Rectograptus truncatus

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of China (7 collections)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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