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Leptograptus flaccidus

Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Dicranograptidae

Taxonomy
Graptolithus flaccidus was named by Hall (1865). Its type specimen is GSC 1957 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Leptograptus.

It was recombined as Leptograptus flaccidus by Strachan (1997).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. annectans, L. demissus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Graptolithus flaccidus Hall p. 143 figs. pl. 2 f. 17-19
1997Leptograptus flaccidus Strachan p. 41

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumHemichordataBateson 1885
classPterobranchiaLankester 1877
RankNameAuthor
subclassGraptolithina(Bronn 1849)
orderGraptoloideaLapworth 1875
suborderAxonophoraFrech 1897
infraorderDiplograptina(Lapworth 1880)
familyDicranograptidaeLapworth 1873
genusLeptograptus(Hopkinson 1871)
speciesflaccidus(Hall 1865)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available