Normalograptus magnus Churkin and Carter 1970 (graptolite)

Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Normalograptidae

Alternative combination: Glyptograptus tamariscus magnus

Full reference: M. Churkin and C. Carter. 1970. Early Silurian Graptolites From Southeastern Alaska and Their Correlation With Graptolitic Sequences in North America and the Arctic. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 653:1-51

Belongs to Normalograptus according to M. J. Melchin et al. 2011

See also Churkin and Carter 1970

Sister taxa: Normalograptus ajjeri, Normalograptus angustus, Normalograptus jideliensis, Normalograptus laciniosus, Normalograptus lubricus, Normalograptus medius, Normalograptus mirnyensis, Normalograptus normalis, Normalograptus praecursor, Normalograptus radicatus, Normalograptus rectangularis, Normalograptus rhizinus, Normalograptus temalaensis, Normalograptus trifilis

Type specimen: USNM 161765

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of the United Kingdom (1 collection), United States (2: Alaska)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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