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Dicranograptus brevicaulis

Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Climacograptidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. contortus, D. kirki, D. spinifer

Synonymy list
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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumHemichordataBateson 1885
classPterobranchiaLankester 1877
subclassGraptolithina(Bronn 1849)
RankNameAuthor
orderGraptoloideaLapworth 1875
suborderAxonophoraFrech 1897
infraorderDiplograptina(Lapworth 1880)
superfamilyClimacograptoideaFrech 1897
familyClimacograptidaeFrech 1807
genusDicranograptusHall 1865
speciesbrevicaulis

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 Costonian to the top of the Harnagian or 458.20000 to 457.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Costonian - Harnagian458.2 - 457.2United Kingdom (Wales) Dicranograptus brevicaulis (216443)
Gisbornian458.2 - 452.3USA (Idaho) Dicranograptus brevicaulis (145227 145331)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5Canada (Québec) Dicranograptus brevicaulis (24537)