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Climacograptoidea (climacograptid)

Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea

Taxonomy
Climacograptoidea was named by Frech (1897). It is not extant. It was considered monophyletic by Storch et al. (2011).

It was assigned to Diplograptina by Storch et al. (2011); and to Diplograptina by Chen et al. (2016).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Climacograptoidea Frech
2007Climacograptacea Mitchell et al. p. 334 fig. 1A
2011Climacograptoidea Storch et al.
2016Climacograptoidea Chen et al.

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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)
superfamilyClimacograptoideaFrech 1897
superfamilyClimacograptoideaFrech 1897

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.

Superfm. †Climacograptoidea Frech 1897 [climacograptid]
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Fm. †Climacograptidae Frech 1807
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G. †Appendispinograptus Zhiming and Daqing 1985
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Invalid names: Appendispinograptus crassispinus Obut and Sobolevskaya 1974 [synonym], Appendispinograptus hvalross Ross and Berry 1963 [synonym], Appendispinograptus lamellicornis Sobolevskaya 1974 [synonym]
Appendispinograptus supernus Elles and Wood 1906
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Diplacanthograptus caudatus Lapworth 1876
Invalid names: Ensigraptus Riva and Ketner 1989 [synonym]
G. †Haddingograptus Maletz 1997
G. †Proclimacograptus Maletz 1997
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G. †Styracograptus Storch et al. 2011
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Styracograptus tubuliferus Lapworth 1876
G. †Undulograptus Bouček 1973
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Undulograptus formosus Mu and Lee 1958
Invalid names: Climacograptacea Mitchell et al. 2007 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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 et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Ningkuo to the top of the Pridoli or 478.60000 to 419.20000 Ma

Collections (512 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Canada (Yukon) Climacograptus magnificus, Climacograptus rigidus, Climacograptus sp. A (203977) Climacograptus multiplex, Climacograptus rigidus (203975)
Ordovician485.4 - 443.8USA (Alaska) Climacograptus sp. (111708 111709)
Ordovician485.4 - 443.8USA (Idaho) Climacograptus sp. (339)
Ningkuo478.6 - 468.1China (ZheJiang) Climacograptus sp. (7771 7811) Climacograptus sp., Pseudoclimacograptus sp. (7812 7813) Pseudoclimacograptus sp. (7772 7801 7806 7814)
Ningkuo478.6 - 468.1China (JiangXi) Climacograptus sp. (7754) Pseudoclimacograptus sp. (7756 7763)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (GanSu) Climacograptus sp., Pseudoclimacograptus sp. (8575) Pseudoclimacograptus sp. (8576)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (GuangXi) Climacograptus sp. (4665)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (Sichuan) Climacograptus sp. (5405)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (Hunan) Pseudoclimacograptus sp. (7700)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (GuangDong) Climacograptus sp. (4674 4678)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5China (Yunnan) Climacograptus sp. (27849)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5Serbia and Montenegro Climacograptus longespina, Climacograptus medius, Climacograptus scalaris (145655)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5United Kingdom (England) Climacograptus sp. (453 454)
Aeronian - Telychian440.8 - 433.4Algeria Climacograptus scalaris (27454) Climacograptus sp., Climacograptus bohemicus, Climacograptus yangtseensis (27203)
Aeronian - Telychian440.8 - 433.4Serbia and Montenegro Climacograptus scalaris (145656)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4China (Sichuan) Climacograptus sp. (27798)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Canada (Quebec) Climacograptus sp. (187770)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4France Pseudoclimacograptus sp. (26111)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Argentina Climacograptus minutus (25098)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2USA (New York) Climacograptus sp. (26089) Climacograptus ultimus (491)