Parent taxon: Graptoloidea according to O. M. B. Bulman 1970
Sister taxa: Apiograptus, Arienigraptus, Arnheimograptus, Axonophora, Bergstroemograptus, Bryograptidae, Crinitograptus, Dichograptacea, Dichograptina, Didymograptidae, Didymograptina, Dimorphograptoides, Eisenackograptus, Eoglyptograptus, Euclimacograptus, Exigraptus, Glossograptina, Graptodendroidina, Hirsutograptus, Joamgsjamotes, Kinnegraptidae, Laxograptus, Lenzograptus, Metabrograptus, Neocolonograptus, Neocucullograptus, Neodicellograptus, Neolobograptus, Parapetalolithis, Pararetiograptus, Plectodinemagraptus, Pseudamplexograptus, Pseudoisograptus, Pseudomonoclimacis, Pseudoplectograptus, Pseudorthograptus, Rivagraptus, Semiplectograptus, Sinograpta, Sinograptina, Sinoreteograptus, Stromatograptus, Uncinatograptus, Urbanekograptus, Virgellina
Subtaxa: Cryptograptidae
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Algeria (1 collection), Canada (1: Northwest Territories and Yukon), China (2), the Czech Republic (5), Morocco (1), Poland (6), Ukraine (2), United States (7: Nevada)
• Silurian to Devonian of Algeria (1), Poland (1)
• Silurian of Algeria (2), Canada (5: Northwest Territories, Yukon), China (1), the Czech Republic (4), Lithuania (3), Morocco (1), Poland (11), the United Kingdom (1), United States (5: Alaska)
Total: 60 collections including 67 occurrences