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Callograptus

Pterobranchia - Dendroidea - Acanthograptidae

Taxonomy
Callograptus is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Callograptus elegans.

It was assigned to Dendrograptidae by Rickards et al. (1990); to Dendroidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Acanthograptidae by Maletz et al. (2020).

Species
C. (Pseudocallograptus), C. cylindricus, C. elegans (type species), C. praesalteri
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. bohemicus, C. ellipsoideus, C. formosus, C. isolateralis, C. kaljoi, C. kodymi, C. parvus, C. richeyi, C. rosovae, C. staufferi, C. suxianensis, C. taitzehoensis
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by P. Wagner on 2019-09-10

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Odontocaulis Lapworth p. 175
1990Callograptus Rickards et al. pp. 221 - 222
2002Callograptus Sepkoski
2020Callograptus Maletz et al. p. 51

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumHemichordataBateson 1885
RankNameAuthor
classPterobranchiaLankester 1877
subclassGraptolithina(Bronn 1849)
orderDendroideaNicholson 1872
familyAcanthograptidaeBulman 1938
genusCallograptus

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.

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†Callograptus elegans Hall 1865
†Callograptus praesalteri Rickards et al. 1990
Invalid names: Odontocaulis Lapworth 1881 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. B. Rickards et al. 1990Rhabdosome conical, flabellate or irregular, with thecate stem, or, more commonly, thickened nonthecate stem or disclike holdfast; dichotomous more or less regular branching of the stipes which are parallel to subparallel, sporadically connected by anastomosis or dissepiments; authothecae denticulate, sometimes distally isolate.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: "sclero-protein"c
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Comments: Attached, epifaunal (McKerrow).g
Created: 2009-04-11 12:40:29
Modified: 2009-04-11 14:42:05
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Miaolingian to the top of the Holkerian or 506.50000 to 339.90000 Ma

Collections (48 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miaolingian506.5 - 497.0China (Guizhou) C. sp. (277025)
Idamean497.0 - 494.2Australia (Tasmania) C. praesalteri (204525)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85China (Guangxi) C. sp. (116360)
Late/Upper Cambrian497.0 - 486.85USA (Alaska) C. sp. (114979)
Merioneth497.0 - 486.85Canada (Northwest Territories) C. sp. (25606)
Niuchehean491.0 - 486.85Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) C. sp. (131361)
Mansian486.85 - 485.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) C. rosovae (131353) C. sp. (131103)
Mansian486.85 - 485.0Russian Federation (Siberia) C. sp. (9273 9287)
Gasconadian486.85 - 477.1USA (Montana) C. richeyi (232902)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (ShanXi) C. sp. (8003)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (JiLin) C. sp. (21143 21144 21145)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (HeBei) C. sp. (7958 7964 7985 7997)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) C. sp. (131104)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina C. salteri (9021)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (LiaoNing) C. sp. (20753 20755)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Russian Federation (Siberia) C. sp. (9283)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (Guizhou) C. sp. (7367 7387)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (Hunan) C. suxianensis, C. isolateralis, C. cylindricus, C. salteri (210768) C. suxianensis, C. taitzehoensis, C. ellipsoideus (210773) C. suxianensis, C. taitzehoensis, C. ellipsoideus, C. cylindricus (210774) C. taitzehoensis, C. isolateralis (210776)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (Hubei) C. sp. (7729)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (Hunan and Hubei) C. sp. (7719 7720)
Dawan478.8 - 466.6China (AnHui) C. sp. (7829)
Klabava477.1 - 469.4Czechia C. sp. (3841)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0USA (Montana) C. sp. (286)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0United Kingdom C. salteri (236349)
Bendigonian474.9 - 473.1Australia (Queensland) C. sp. (197364)
Dapingian471.3 - 469.4Russian Federation (Siberia) C. sp. (205563 205577)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2Russian Federation (Siberia) C. sp. (206145)
Berounian - Vinice459.7 - 457.3Spain (Zaragoza) C. sp. (21089)
Vinice - Late/Upper Ordovician459.3 - 443.1Czechia C. parvus (3863)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5China (GanSu) C. sp. (8565)
Porkuni445.2 - 443.1Estonia (Lääne-Virumaa) C. kaljoi (228451)
Hirnantian - Rhuddanian445.2 - 440.5Russian Federation (Siberia) C. sp. (205661)
Zlichovian410.62 - 393.47Czechia (Barrandia) C. formosus, C. bohemicus (12112)
Arundian - Holkerian346.7 - 339.9Ireland C. sp. (76517)