Glyptograptus tamariscoides Packham 1962 (graptolite)

Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Retiolitidae

Alternative combination: Climacograptus tamariscoides

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

See also Strachan 1997

Sister taxa: Glyptograptus (Pseudoglyptograptus), Glyptograptus (Pseudoglytograptus), Glyptograptus elegans, Glyptograptus incertus, Glyptograptus tamariscus, Glyptograptus trubinensis

Type specimen: SM A24924

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Rheidol Gorge. 16.9 m (Silurian of the United Kingdom)

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