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Petalolithinae

Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Retiolitidae

Taxonomy
Petalolithinae was named by Bulman (1955). It was considered monophyletic by Melchin et al. (2011).

It was assigned to Retiolitidae by Melchin et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Petalolithinae Bulman
2011Petalolithinae Melchin et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumHemichordataBateson 1885
classPterobranchiaLankester 1877
subclassGraptolithina(Bronn 1849)
RankNameAuthor
orderGraptoloideaLapworth 1875
suborderAxonophoraFrech 1897
infraorderNeograptinaStorch et al. 2011
superfamilyRetiolitoideaLapworth 1873
familyRetiolitidaeLapworth 1873
subfamilyPetalolithinaeBulman 1955
subfamilyPetalolithinaeBulman 1955

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.

Subfm. †Petalolithinae Bulman 1955
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G. †Comograptus Obut and Sobolevskaya 1968
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Comograptus comatus Obut and Sobolevskaya 1968
G. †Glyptograptus Lapworth 1873
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Subg. †Glyptograptus (Pseudoglyptograptus) Bulman and Rickards 1968
Glyptograptus elegans Packham 1962
Glyptograptus incertus Elles and Wood 1906
Glyptograptus tamariscus Nicholson 1868
Glyptograptus trubinensis Рerner 1895
G. †Paramplexograptus Melchin et al. 2011
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Paraclimacograptus kiliani kuramaensis Koren' and Melchin 2000
Paramplexograptus kiliani Legrande 1976
Paramplexograptus madernii Koren' and Mikhaylova 1980
G. †Parapetalolithus Koren' and Rickards 1996
G. †Petalolithus Suess 1851
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Petalolithus ankyratus Mu and Li 1974
Petalolithus folium Hisinger 1837
Petalolithus intermedius Boucek and Príbyl 1941
Invalid names: Petalograptus [synonym]
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Sudburigraptus cortoghianensis Storch and Serpagli 1993
Sudburigraptus eberleini Churkin and Carter 1970
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. J. Melchin et al. 2011The most recent common ancestor of Metabolograptus ojsuensis and Retiolites geinitzianus and all of its descendants (Node 3, Figs 2, 3).