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Ophigraptus

Pterobranchia - Dendroidea - Dendrograptidae

Taxonomy
Ophigraptus is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Dendroidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dendrograptidae by Maletz (2014).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Ophigraptus Sepkoski
2014Ophigraptus Maletz p. 493

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

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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 et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Eifelian or 393.47000 to 387.95000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany O. hercyniae (145665)