Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Isograptidae
Synonym: Arienigraptidae Yu and Fang 1981
Parent taxon: Glossograptina according to J. Maletz 2014
Sister taxa: Cyrtograptidae, Glossograptidae
Subtaxa: Cardiograptus Isograptus Parisograptus
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador collection), United States (1: Texas)
• Yapeenian of New Zealand (29)
• Arenig of China (9), Morocco (1), Norway (2), United States (1: Nevada)
• Arenigian of Canada (2: Northwest Territories), United States (1: Alaska)
• Ningkuo of China (5)
• Ordovician of Argentina (4), Australia (1), Bolivia (1), Canada (2: Newfoundland and Labrador, Yukon), China (7), New Zealand (12), the Russian Federation (11), United States (14: Alaska, British Columbia, Idaho, New York)
Total: 104 collections including 163 occurrences