Cryptograptus schaeferi Lapworth 1880 (graptolite)

Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Glossograptidae

Alternative combinations: Cryptograptus tricornis schaeferi, Cryptograptus tricornis schaferi

Full reference: C. Lapworth. 1880. XIV. — On new British Graptolites. Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Series 5 5(26):149-177

Belongs to Cryptograptus according to B. Toro et al. 2024

See also Skwarko 1962

Sister taxa: Cryptograptus antennarius, Cryptograptus tricornis

Ecology: facultatively mobile planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Whiterockian of Canada (2: Newfoundland and Labrador collections)

• Ordovician of Bolivia (1), New Zealand (9), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Alaska)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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