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Desmograptus

Pterobranchia - Dendroidea - Dendrograptidae

Taxonomy
Desmograptus is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Dictyograptus cancellatus.

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

Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by P. Wagner on 2019-09-10

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Rhizograptus Spencer p. 460
1990Desmograptus Rickards et al. p. 218
2002Desmograptus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumHemichordataBateson 1885
RankNameAuthor
classPterobranchiaLankester 1877
subclassGraptolithina(Bronn 1849)
orderDendroideaNicholson 1872
familyDendrograptidaeRoemer 1897
genusDesmograptus

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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Desmograptus cancellatus Hopkinson 1875
Desmograptus quiltyi Rickards et al. 1990
Invalid names: Rhizograptus Spencer 1878 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. B. Rickards et al. 1990Rhabdosome conical, possibly flabellate; regular, dominant anastomosis; rare dissepiments; autothecae denticulate to isolate; stipes not compound, with one or few stolonal chains and regular openings of autothecae and associated bithecae.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: "sclero-protein"c
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 15:06:41
Modified: 2009-04-11 14:26:56
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Idamean to the top of the Eifelian or 497.00000 to 387.95000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Idamean497.0 - 494.2Australia (Tasmania) D. quiltyi (204525)
Merioneth497.0 - 486.85Canada (Northwest Territories) D. sp. (25755)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (HeBei) D. sp. (7958 7964 7985)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (JiLin) D. sp. (21144)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2USA (New York) D. sp. (303)
Berounian - Kralodvorian459.7 - 445.2Spain (Barcelona) D. sp. (20920)
Vinice - Late/Upper Ordovician459.3 - 443.1Czechia D. attextus (3863)
Costonian - Harnagian458.2 - 457.2China (Yunnan) D. sp. (5425)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5Sweden D. sp. (380)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Russian Federation (Siberia) D. sp. (205627)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) D. cancellatus (26293)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Minnesota) D. cancellatus (358)
Richmondian - Gamachian449.6 - 443.1Canada (Manitoba) D. canadensis (23016)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9USA (Wisconsin) Desmograptus indet. (91415)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9China (Hubei) D. sp. (27779)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7USA (Illinois) D. micronematodes (76450)
Early/Lower Devonian - Eifelian419.62 - 387.95Czechia D. sp. (12148)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Czechia D. sp. (12144)
Eifelian - Givetian393.47 - 382.31Czechia (Barrandia) D. prantli (12258)