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Amplexograptus confertus

Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Diplograptidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
A. latus, A. manitoulinensis, A. praetypicalis, A. rugosus
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. baltoscandicus, A. perexcavatus, A. prominens

Synonymy list
No taxonomic opinions are available

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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)
familyDiplograptidae
genusAmplexograptus
speciesconfertus

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Darriwilian to the top of the Whiterockian or 469.40000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician471.3 - 458.2USA (Virginia) Amplexograptus confertus (6986)
Middle Ordovician471.3 - 458.2USA (Nevada) Amplexograptus confertus (203993)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Amplexograptus confertus (104858 104860)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2Russian Federation (Siberia) Amplexograptus confertus (205561 205568)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2New Zealand Amplexograptus confertus (63957 63958 63964 63970 63971 63972)
Darriwilian - Gisbornian469.4 - 452.3New Zealand Amplexograptus confertus (63968)
Gisbornian458.2 - 452.3New Zealand Amplexograptus confertus (63956 63969)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5USA (Alaska) Amplexograptus confertus (114851)