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Monograptoidea

Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea

Taxonomy

Monograptoidea was named by Lapworth (1873). It is not extant. It was considered paraphyletic by Melchin et al. (2011).

It was assigned to Neograptina by Melchin et al. (2011), Maletz (2014).

Subtaxa

Dimorphograptidae (syn. Heteroprionidae), Monograptidae

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1873	Monograptoidea Lapworth
2011	Monograptoidea Melchin et al.
2014	Monograptoidea Maletz p. 481

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
—	Ambulacraria
phylum	Hemichordata	Bateson 1885
class	Pterobranchia	Lankester 1877

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Graptolithina	(Bronn 1849)
order	Graptoloidea	Lapworth 1875
suborder	Axonophora	Frech 1897
infraorder	Neograptina	Storch et al. 2011
superfamily	Monograptoidea	Lapworth 1873
superfamily	Monograptoidea	Lapworth 1873

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Superfm. †Monograptoidea Lapworth 1873

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Fm. †Dimorphograptidae Elles and Wood 1908

G. †Agetograptus Obut and Sobolevskaya 1968

†Agetograptus secundus Obut and Sobolevskaya 1968

†Agetograptus spiniferus Obut and Sobolevskaya 1968

G. †Akidograptus

†Akidograptus ascensus Davies 1929

G. †Avitograptus Melchin et al. 2011

†Avitograptus avitus Davies 1929

G. †Dimorphograptus

G. †Parakidograptus

†Parakidograptus acuminatus Nicholson 1867

Invalid names: Heteroprionidae Tullberg 1883 [synonym]

Fm. †Monograptidae Lapworth 1873

G. †Atavograptus

†Atavograptus atavus Jones 1909

G. †Campograptus Obut 1949

†Campograptus harpago Törnquist 1899

†Campograptus lobiferus M'Coy 1850

G. †Coronograptus

†Coronograptus cyphus Lapworth 1876

G. †Cucullograptus

Subg. †Cucullograptus (Cucullograptus) Bulman 1970

Subg. †Cucullograptus (Lobograptus)

G. †Demirastrites

G. †Diversograptus

Subfm. †Glyptograptinae Mitchell 1987

G. †Clinoclimacograptus

†Clinoclimacograptus retroversus Bulman and Rickards 1968

G. †Paraclimacograptus

†Paraclimacograptus innotatus Nicholson 1869

G. †Huttagraptus Bjerreskov and Koren' 1997

†Huttagraptus acinaces Törnquist 1899

G. †Lituigraptus Ni 1978

†Lituigraptus convolutus Hisinger 1837

†Lituigraptus richteri Perner 1897

G. †Monoclimacis

G. †Monograptus

Subg. †Monograptus (Pomatograptus) Pribly 1940

†Monograptus angustidens Pribyl 1940

†Monograptus bouceki Pribyl 1940

†Monograptus priodon Bronn 1835

†Monograptus transgrediens Pemer 1899

†Monograptus uniformis Pribyl 1940

†Monograptus yukonensis Lenz and Jackson 1963

Invalid names: Lagarograptus [synonym]

G. †Neomonograptus Mu and Ni 1973

G. †Oktavites Levina 1928

†Oktavites bodentoeriensis Loydell 2003

†Oktavites falx Suess 1851

†Oktavites spiralis Geinitz 1842

G. †Pernerograptus Přibyl 1941

†Pernerograptus argenteus Nicholson 1869

G. †Pribylograptus

Subfm. †Pristiograptinae Gürich 1908

G. †Pristiograptus

Invalid names: Bohemograptus Přibyl 1967 [synonym]

G. †Pseudostreptograptus Loydell 1991

G. †Rastrites

G. †Saetograptus

Invalid names: Colonograptus [synonym]

G. †Spirograptus Guerich 1908

G. †Stimulograptus Přibyl 1983

†Stimulograptus sedgwickii Portlock 1843

G. †Streptograptus

†Streptograptus antennularius Meneghini 1857

G. †Testograptus Přibyl 1967

†Testograptus testis Barrande 1859

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
M. J. Melchin et al. 2011	The most recent common ancestor of Avitograptus avitus and Monograptus priodon and all of its descendants (Node 1, Figs 2, 3).