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Climacograptidae

Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Climacograptidae

Taxonomy
Climacograptidae was named by Frech (1807). It is not extant.

It was reranked as the subfamily Climacograptinae by Maletz (1998).

It was assigned to Diplograptidae by Maletz (1998); and to Climacograptoidea by Chen et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1807Climacograptidae Frech
1998Climacograptinae Maletz p. 367
2016Climacograptidae Chen et al. p. 256

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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
familyClimacograptidaeFrech 1807
familyClimacograptidaeFrech 1807

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.

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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†Proclimacograptus angustatus Ekström 1937
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Subg. †Pseudoclimacograptus (Metaclimacograptus) Bulman and Rickards 1968
G. †Styracograptus Storch et al. 2011
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†Styracograptus tubuliferus Lapworth 1876
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 478.80000 to 419.62000 Ma

Collections (486 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ordovician486.85 - 443.1USA (Idaho) Climacograptus sp. (339)
Ordovician486.85 - 443.1USA (Alaska) Climacograptus sp. (111708 111709)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Canada (Yukon) Climacograptus magnificus, Climacograptus rigidus, Climacograptus sp. A (203977) Climacograptus multiplex, Climacograptus rigidus (203975)
Ningkuo478.8 - 466.6China (ZheJiang) Climacograptus sp. (7771 7811) Climacograptus sp., Pseudoclimacograptus sp. (7812 7813) Pseudoclimacograptus sp. (7772 7801 7806 7814)
Ningkuo478.8 - 466.6China (JiangXi) Climacograptus sp. (7754) Pseudoclimacograptus sp. (7756 7763)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (Sichuan) Climacograptus sp. (5405)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (GuangXi) Climacograptus sp. (4665)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (GanSu) Climacograptus sp., Pseudoclimacograptus sp. (8575) Pseudoclimacograptus sp. (8576)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (Hunan) Pseudoclimacograptus sp. (7700)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (GuangDong) Climacograptus sp. (4674 4678)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6United Kingdom (England) Climacograptus sp. (453 454)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6Denmark (Bornholm) Pseudoclimacograptus retroversus, Climacograptus scalaris (13709 13710)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6Western Sahara Climacograptus scalaris (27337)
Aeronian - Telychian440.5 - 432.9Algeria Climacograptus scalaris (27454) Climacograptus sp., Climacograptus bohemicus, Climacograptus yangtseensis (27203)
Aeronian - Telychian440.5 - 432.9Serbia and Montenegro Climacograptus scalaris (145656)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9France Pseudoclimacograptus sp. (26111)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Canada (Quebec) Climacograptus sp. (187770)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9China (Sichuan) Climacograptus sp. (27798)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Argentina Climacograptus minutus (25098)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62USA (New York) Climacograptus sp. (26089) Climacograptus ultimus (491)