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Plectograptinae

Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Retiolitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Plectograptinae Boucek and Münch
1970Plectograptinae Bulman p. V130
1987Plectograptinae Lenz and Melchin p. 166
2014Plectograptinae Maletz p. 520

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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
subfamilyPlectograptinaeBoucek and Münch 1952
subfamilyPlectograptinaeBoucek and Münch 1952

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. †Plectograptinae Boucek and Münch 1952
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G. †Baculograptus Lenz and Kozlowska-Dawidziuk 2002
G. †Cometograptus Kozłowska-Dawidziuk 2001
G. †Giganteograptus Lenz and Kozłowska 2007
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Invalid names: Agastograptus Obut and Zaslavskaya 1983 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. C. Lenz and M. J. Melchin 1987Clathria well developed, sometimes without reticula, lacinia absent; development with ancora stage; proximal end of rhabdosome usually somewhat inflated (corona), narrowing distally and in some genera terminates in a slender tubular "appendix". Virgula free or incorporated into ventral wall. Surface of lists pustulose on outside surface (pi. 3, fig. 6). Seams of the clathria and reticula generally face in and out, respectively.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: "sclero-protein"c
Locomotion: passively mobileo
Life habit: planktonico
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 15:07:12
Modified: 2009-05-19 07:15:15
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Llandovery to the top of the Pridoli or 443.40000 to 419.20000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4Canada (Nunavut) Giganteograptus giganteus (145574)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Czech Republic Plectograptus textor (14051 14093)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Lithuania Gothograptus nassa (207386)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4China (Yunnan) Spinograptus spinosus (27783)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Australia (New South Wales) Gothograptus sp., Plectograptus robustus, Spinograptus clathrospinosus, Baculograptus chainos (121148)
Wenlock - Pridoli433.4 - 419.2Algeria Plectograptus macilentus (27174)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4Czech Republic Gothograptus nassa (14028 14029 14077) Plectograptus praemacilentus (14062)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4Canada (Northwest Territories) Plectograptus sp., Spinograptus sp. (497)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4Lithuania Gothograptus eisenacki, Gothograptus nassa (207375) Gothograptus nassa (180026 180027 180028 207376 207381)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Czech Republic Plectograptus macilentus (14063)
Gorstian - Ludfordian427.4 - 423.0Czech Republic Spinograptus spinosus (14066)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Poland Gothograptus nassa (145670)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Canada (Nunavut) Plectograptus macilentus (14022)