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), the Czech Republic (1), Denmark (2), France (9), Malaysia (2), Morocco (1), Paraguay (1), the Russian Federation (4), Serbia and Montenegro (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), the Czech Republic (3), Kazakhstan (1), Malaysia (2), the Russian Federation (9), Sweden (1), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (11: Nevada)
Total: 89 collections including 128 occurrences