Pterobranchia - Dendroidea - Dendrograptidae
Parent taxon: Dendroidea according to J. Maletz 2014
See also Maletz 2006
Sister taxa: Acanthograptidae, Aretograptus, Cactograptus, Chaunograptidae, Chaunograptus, Coelograptus
Subtaxa: Airograptus Aspidograptus Calyxdendrum Dendrograptus Desmograptus Graptolodendrum Licnograptus Ophigraptus Polygonograptus Ptilograptus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of the Czech Republic (4 collections), Germany (1)
• Silurian of China (2), the Czech Republic (2), United States (2: Illinois, Wisconsin)
• Klabava of the Czech Republic (1)
• Arenig of China (4), United States (1: Montana)
• Dawan of China (1)
• Ordovician of Algeria (1), Argentina (1), Belarus (1), Canada (3: Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec), China (6), the Czech Republic (2), Latvia (2), Lithuania (3), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (2), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (4: Minnesota, Montana, New York, Pennsylvania)
• Tremadoc of Argentina (1), China (22), United States (1: Montana)
• Cambrian of Australia (1), Canada (5: Newfoundland, Northwest Territories), China (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (4: Alaska, Montana, Wisconsin)
Total: 82 collections including 106 occurrences