Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Neodiplograptidae
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: Retiolitoidea according to M. J. Melchin et al. 2011
Sister taxon: Retiolitidae
Subtaxa: Korenograptus Metabolograptus Neodiplograptus Persculptograptus Rickardsograptus
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (1: Nunavut collection), China (3), Czechia (1), Denmark (2), France (9), Malaysia (2), Morocco (1), Paraguay (1), the Russian Federation (4), Serbia (2), the United Kingdom (10), United States (5: Alaska, Iowa), Uzbekistan (3)
• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (1: Québec), the Russian Federation (1)
• Ordovician of Argentina (1), Australia (3), Canada (3: Nunavut), China (3), Czechia (4), Kazakhstan (1), Malaysia (2), the Russian Federation (9), Sweden (1), Türkiye (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (11: Nevada)
Total: 90 collections including 129 occurrences