†family Rhabdopleuridae Harmer 1905 (graptolite)

Pterobranchia - Rhabdopleuridae

Parent taxon: Graptolithina according to J. Maletz 2014

See also Bulman 1970

Sister taxa: Acanthastida, Ascograptus, Camaroidea, Ceramograptus, Crinocaulis, Crustoidea, Cyclograptidae, Dendroidea, Diplograptoidea, Dithecodendridae, Dithecodendrum, Dithecoidea, Graptoblasti, Graptolithus, Graptoloida, Graptoloidea, Graptovermida, Leveillites, Limpidograptus, Palmatophycus, Pilograptus, Siryngotaenia, Stolonoidea, Thamnograptus, Trigonograptus, Tuboidea, Wimanicrustidae

Subtaxa: Archaeocryptolaria Calyxhydra Chitinodendron Cylindrotheca Epigraptus Fasciculitubus Graptovermis Haplograptus Kystodendron Rhabdopleura Rhabdopleurites Rhabdopleuroides Rhabdotubus Rhapdopleura Stolonodendrum

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Type: Rhabdopleura

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of China (2 collections), United States (1: Montana)

• Tremadoc of China (1)

• Cambrian of the Russian Federation (2), United States (1: Wisconsin)

• Solvan of Sweden (1)

Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences

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