Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Glossograptidae
Parent taxon: Glossograptina according to J. Maletz 2014
See also Bulman 1970
Sister taxa: Cyrtograptidae, Isograptidae
Subtaxa: Cryptograptinae Glossograptinae Kalpinograptinae Lonchograptus Nanograptus Paraglossograptus
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of United States (1: Alaska collection)
• Dobrotivian of the Czech Republic (1)
• Whiterockian of Canada (4: Newfoundland and Labrador)
• Arenigian of United States (2: Alaska)
• Arenig of China (5), Norway (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Ningkuo of China (10)
• Ordovician of Argentina (9), Australia (1), Bolivia (1), Canada (8: British Columbia, New Brunswick, Northwest Territories, Quebec, Québec, Yukon), China (35), Lithuania (3), New Zealand (33), Norway (3), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (10), Sweden (3), the United Kingdom (2), United States (31: Alaska, Idaho, Michigan, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma), Venezuela (1)
Total: 166 collections including 226 occurrences